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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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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It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities.
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People fashion their God after their own understanding. They make their God first and worship him afterwards.
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God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
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I introduced legislation in the Senate to prohibit President Obama's amnesty. The House of Representatives stood up and led. It took the legislation I introduced and it passed it. But the Senate Democrats stood as one uniform block and said, 'No, we will do nothing to stop amnesty.'
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Yeah, I've played a lot of instruments, and I played in a lot of bands growing up, and I've even had to play music in a lot of films that I've done.
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When I came back on the rink in 2012, I set a goal of wrapping up my career well rather than just winning medals. I'm not preparing for any special skills for Sochi because I don't feel like they are necessary.
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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.
