Alek Wek Quotes
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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When I was writing 'The Satanic Verses,' if you had asked me about the phenomenon that we all now know as radical Islam, I wouldn't have had much to say. As recently as the mid-1980s, it didn't seem to be a big deal.
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I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.
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I try to stay as naive as possible so I'm not as aware as much of the risks.
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I resent ever being stereotyped.
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As far as everyone else's opinion, I mean, if I would have thought that everyone was right, I probably wouldn't have left Compton, so I don't get too caught up on what the next person thinks.
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I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.
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I started the business as a computer consulting business, which, coupled to my nickname, Scorpion, formed the full name Scorpion Computer Services.
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The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years.
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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There are those people that eat to live and those that live to eat. I am of the latter, as many of you already know. To me, eating is an adventure.
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We ought to be able to forgo the constant need to raise money and just focus on working together to solve the problems this country faces.
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I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!
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Even when I was a kid, I had this insane head of flaming hair. It looked like a wig.
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
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Motherhood is so sentimentalised and romanticised in our culture. It's practically against the law to say there are moments in the day when you hate your children. Everyone actually has those moments.
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If we allow ourselves to dwell on negatives, on hurts, on mistreatments, we will be negative thinkers. So be open to positive thinking, THINK BIG!
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My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments.
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It's nearly impossible to overstate how fully my father has devoted himself to Apollo Group and its mission since he created Apollo Group four decades ago.
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I can't stand to ask anyone, 'How was that?'
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My father made sure of discipline, but my mum, she was serious business.
