Allen Tate Quotes
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Born to a tribal Bedouin family of nomadic desert shepherds in the region of Tripoli, Gaddafi was profoundly anti-colonialist. It is affirmed that his paternal grandfather died fighting against the Italian invaders when Libya was invaded by them in 1911.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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I rarely went to the mosque, I never fasted, and I only prayed namaaz on the holy nights because my mom bugged me about it.
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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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All I wanted to do was be a working actor.
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I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That's why now, even when I get tired, I think, 'This is what I asked for.'
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What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology.
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The artistic capability of reinforced concrete is so fantastic - that is the way to go.
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Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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Despite my so-so-experience with the iPhone, I do love its touchscreen technology, a feature I miss with my standard-issue BlackBerry.
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The acting bug just seemed to stick with me. I loved going to theatre school in college and continued to train in film classes and had been auditioning for T.V. and movie roles since I was in my late teens. My career has been slow and steady, and I kind of like it that way.
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I have a cousin called Flirta D who was big in the grime world, which made me really cool at school. 'Flirta D's your cousin?' 'Yeah, buddy.' 'He must be a millionaire!'
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I am neither going to Bollywood nor joining politics.
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That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.
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That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically.
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My grandparents don't really listen to pop music, and they only speak Spanish and only listen to Spanish music.
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Having different people come together and be on a team and win a world championship is literally, I think, the definition of being American.
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To me, life, for all its privations, is a luminous thing. You have to risk it.
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Her heart ached as though a knife had quietly slipped between her ribs.
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Rather than be asked to abandon one's own heritage and to adapt to the mores of the new country, one was expected to possess a treasure of foreign skills and customs that would enrich the resources of American living.
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I grew up trying to be like my idols, and one of the main people in my life was my father. He played football, and when your father is telling stories about the game he played... Everybody wants to be like their father.
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So face with calm that heritage And earn contempt before the age.
