Annie Ilonzeh Quotes
'Graceland' getting canceled was definitely a shock and disappointing for all of us. One minute it's this. The next minute it's that.
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I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.
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If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.
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I have composed several pieces which are performed outdoors, not only in the auditoria.
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He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
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When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
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Few things are as essential as education.
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I am a morning writer; I am writing at eight-thirty in longhand and I keep at it until twelve-thirty, when I go for a swim. Then I come back, have lunch, and read in the afternoon until I take my walk for the next day's writing.
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It's not like my old self – I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.
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I still sing on bits and pieces. Singing's something that I love to do, but it's not something that I pursue as a career.
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There's a lot of pressure on Broadway. There's this feeling that the show has to be a commercial success and the producers have to make their money back and Tonys and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal.
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I live in the Dark Ages, the 17th century. Actually, I would have loved to be in Paris in the early 20th century when the Ballets Russes were there and Chanel was designing.
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The drummer is stereotypically the dumb guy. Maybe that's why I always respect drummers who do more than drum.
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Feeling like you're respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary.
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Administrators are there because of the fans and the cricketers to run this game, so credibility of a game, or a board, or even a government for that matter, is important irrespective of what you do. If you are in public life, it is important.
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The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good.
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Tonight I'm going to listen with my ears.
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It was a great experience to work with director A. L. Vijay.
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'Graceland' getting canceled was definitely a shock and disappointing for all of us. One minute it's this. The next minute it's that.
