Luvvie Ajayi Quotes
Being able to live without having to be defined by your skin color is the hallmark of privilege.
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To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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Anything you're interested in the world - whether it be Charlie Rose or JetBlue or a public figure or your local coffee shop - they're on Twitter and broadcasting what is interesting to them.
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We have such little mystery in our lives generally because of how we live now. I mean, of course, mystery is all around us, but the way we live our lives now, we're too busy to be bothered with it.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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You need to impress me, outwit me, compete with me? Go ahead, knock yourself out, I have no problem with that at all.
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The international proletariat first appeared on the scene in the early Thirties of the nineteenth century, and its first great action was the French Revolution of 1848.
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'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening.
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I'm not into pancake things. I'm into eggs. Lots of eggs.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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At Cheney's initiative, the United States stripped terror suspects of long-established rights under domestic and international law, building a new legal edifice under exclusive White House ownership.
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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OK, I'm happy. I'm happy. All right? I'm happy.
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It is impossible to objectively define how free a market is. This is a political definition. Government is always involved, and those free marketers are as politically motivated as anyone.
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Modern culture is defined by this extraordinary freedom to ransack the world storehouse and to engorge any and every style it comes upon.
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Ch. IX : Apollyon
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Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but I never believed I would live past 20. Here I am though... a senior citizen... my voice and heart are stronger than ever, but boredom is the greatest enemy so I have to be careful not to slip over the edge.
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Being able to live without having to be defined by your skin color is the hallmark of privilege.
