Alek Wek Quotes
I grew up in a small town in Sudan. There weren't many cars, so we did things in the countryside near where we lived.
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I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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I went through a training camp; I worked extremely hard. I prepared for UFC 200. This was the big one. This one meant everything to me.
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You must always do what you feel is right.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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I've got a PowerPoint deck that I use for internal presentations, and there's a slide on it that asks, 'What percentage of your game is combat versus exploration versus puzzle solving versus platforming,' and I refuse to answer that question.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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Personally, becoming a mother has been such a rewarding and wonderful experience. However, at times it has also been a huge challenge. Even for me who has support at home that most mothers do not.
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Had I to do it again, I would have been a math major, probably a double major, and did take a lot of math classes, but I would have taken a lot more.
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On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.
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We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.
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I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
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I've been fighting for my life before and sleeping in cars and trying to find a place to lay my head. I've had situations where I've had nowhere to go. This is the easy part. I overcame life.
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In India, it's hard not to have Gandhi as a hero. To give up everything - including power and money - and to live for his countrymen, that beats everything else. He's a role model of selflessness.
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Time and again, when member states and the governments are faced with an insoluble problem, and they're under pressure to do something, that something usually ends up being referred to the U.N.
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Harnessing the power of the present means having your full awareness on the task at hand and having access to the possibilities, the opportunities, and the support that exists right now.
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I grew up in a small town in Sudan. There weren't many cars, so we did things in the countryside near where we lived.
