Ama Ata Aidoo Quotes
People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.

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I read part of it all the way through.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.
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I'm a Ninja. I'm not scared of death.
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.
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I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
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Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.
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I have a really great family, and when I'm not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out the garbage, clean my room, all that stuff. My family and my friends keep me in line, and make sure I don't get crazy.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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Most of the people that I spend my time around are people who listen to a whole lot of different kinds of music.
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It's a great thing to have: that pressure everywhere you go, that responsibility. I think it's good to have it.
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I've always been a fan of just writing songs and making music.
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Some people live life and others talk about it.
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People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.