Luvvie Ajayi Quotes
I think that if everybody committed themselves to making a better world than how we found it, things would be much better than what they are.
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I was vegetarian for a long time, and in the last four years I started eating chicken and fish. I feel like it really built up my strength a lot.
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We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things. My parents are so amazing, they're brilliant. We try to take one step at a time and be wise about the decisions we make and keep our values and the things that are important.
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I've been lucky enough to play roles that are not just the preppy cheerleader or sullen emo girl. I've been able to play roles that are really vast and varied and very three-dimensional. Fingers crossed that it remains the same.
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Wearing underwear on the outside of your clothes can turn a tedious trip to the store for a forgotten carton of milk into an amusement park romp.
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Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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What is love? There is nothing in the world, neither man nor Devil nor any thing, that I hold as suspect as love, for it penetrates the soul more than any other thing. Nothing exists that so fills and binds the heart as love does. Therefore, unless you have those weapons that subdue it, the soul plunges through love into an immense abyss.
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We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops
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If you think about it, Washington's overwhelming power in the world is founded on death, the awesome arsenal for killing people.
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All in all, it is a good life we are living, in a good world filled with good friends.
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When I was younger, I just put off the writing until later in the day, but now I write early every morning to get it done. I can only write for a few hours at a time; after that, my attention fades.
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I think that if everybody committed themselves to making a better world than how we found it, things would be much better than what they are.
