Kevin Young Quotes
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Not everybody fantasizes about robbing a bank, but I think most people have that fantasy of being in a high speed chase.
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I never thought about money; otherwise, I would have left aged 26 when Real Madrid and Barcelona wanted me.
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My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'
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Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.
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The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.
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I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio - I've fallen asleep to 'This American Life' more times than I can count!
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Music has always been really important to me.
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I think the most important thing for your life is the way you interpret things. Having an optimistic point of view is so important - your life will be so bright.
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All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
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If Truman hadn't published 'Answered Prayers' in parts, he'd have had the drive to finish it. The peacocks took it away from him.
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And so, in case we have contingencies and things that we cannot accomplish within the duration of the space walk, we have a buffer, I mean, in order to be able to complete the... what we want to accomplish.
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We need to download scientific journals and upload them to file-sharing networks.
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You can always change your plan, but only if you have one..'
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I was always amazed when people were kind to us.
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A weak invention of the enemy.
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There are two great fundamental problems common to all thought: (i) the problem of world- and life-affirmation and world- and life-negation, and (2) the problem of ethics and the relations between ethics and these two forms of man's spiritual attitude to Being.
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You have to stay focused and be mentally tough. That's what I've really learned: every day is a grind, and you have to go hard.
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The classical music world is so snobbish.
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I like the concept of teenagers and philosophy.
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Every family is dysfunctional.
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Philosophers write for professors; thinkers for writers.
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I have this idea stuck in my head that you have to be born beautiful in order to dream beautiful things. God didn't write beautiful on my heart. I'm stuck with all my bad dreams. Bad dreams for bad boys. I guess that's the way it is for me. Look, there's nothing I can do about it.
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Poems evolve. I don't feel like I choose them; they just come to me.
