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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.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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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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My grandfather did a lot of things in his life. What he was most proud of was raising his family.
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What's the use of dying in a ward surrounded by a lot of groaning and croaking incurables? Wouldn't it be much better to throw a party with that twenty-seven thousand and take poison and depart for the other world to the sound of violins, surrounded by lovely drunken girls and happy friends?
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We had bills to pay. My dad wasn't working, and it was tough for my mom. People were always raising the rent, so I had to work, too. Everybody in the house worked to pay the rent.
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A couple times a year, I get in the car, and I'll drive 1,000 miles cross-country, going through side streets. I'll stay off the highways as much as possible. And I realize it's a huge country, and for us to be in so many places in the country is an amazing thing.
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I will never forget how sad it was watching this lil guy walk down the aisle at his dads funeral. He’s not so little any more.
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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.
