Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Quotes

My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home. The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention. It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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• If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.

  

  Isaac Bashevis Singer
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• Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
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• The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.

  

  Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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• I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.

  

  Major Taylor
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• Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I don't care.

  

  Olivier Martinez
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• I read nonfiction almost exclusively – both for research and also for pleasure. When I read fiction, it's almost always in the thriller genre, and it needs to rivet me in the opening few chapters.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Pleasure
  • Nonfiction
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• I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
  • Art
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• Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Real
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• It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.

  

  Mallory Ortberg
  • Life
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• Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.

  

  Rachel Maddow
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• Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.

  

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  • Racism
  • Generations
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• I don't know if this classifies as a video game, but I have a terrible obsession with Angry Birds.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Game
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• One of the trickiest things about 'Game of Thrones' is just seeding those first couple of episodes with that basic information that people need to know, both about the world and the ground rules of the world, and the relationships between the characters, as far as who means what to whom and why.

  

  D. B. Weiss
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• If I feel like I need a little color, I'll get a natural spray tan. Not only does this give me a little extra coverage, but it also allows me to achieve the bronzed look I want without the sun damage.

  

  Kate Hudson
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• If you are not being bullied all I would say - cause I like to talk about the other side of it as well - is you know, be someone that nurtures, and if there's someone in your class that maybe doesn't have a lot of friends, be the person that sits with them in the cafeteria sometimes; be the bigger person.

  

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• Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Heart
  • Day
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• I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

  

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  • Read
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• 'Oh, no, my dear; I'm really a very good man, but I'm a very bad Wizard, I must admit.'

  

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• If I got hit by a truck, I would want to go to hospital, but if something is bothering me I will see my naturopath.

  

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  • Truck

• Coming out was crucial to changing attitudes about gays and lesbians: will people feel differently about abortion if they know their mother, their aunt, or their friend had one?

  

  Katha Pollitt
  • People
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• It's not about putting a speaker in a chair or putting a TV in a bed. That's not how technology and the home intersect. For me, it's about sensors, about the home knowing where you are.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Home
  • Technology
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• My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home. The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention. It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.

  

  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
  • Time
  • Home
  • Kids