Dinaw Mengestu Quotes

In high school, I began to dig my way into Ethiopian history, and began to understand myself as a young man formed by multiple narratives.

Dinaw Mengestu

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HistoryMyselfManSchoolYoungWay

I live in Mexico in the wintertime, and I live off the grid down there.

Jesse Ventura

LiveDownMexicoOffGrid

There are hurdles, there are handicaps, hardships you have to face in life, but you hope for a great future.

Anil Kapoor

LifeFutureHopeGreatFaceYou

People change their positions all the time, the way they change their wives.

Michael Cohen

ChangeTimePeoplePeople ChangeWay

I don't think Mr. Snowden woke up one day and had the wherewithal to do this all by himself. I think he was helped by others.

Michael McCaul

DayThinkOne DayOthersUpWoke

I never had a clique. If I throw a party, the only thing connecting people is me. Maybe I just don't believe in fear. I bulldoze right in.

Liz Goldwyn

FearPeopleMeBelievePartyNever

We're the only species that have crapped up the planet and the only species that can clean it up.

Dennis Weaver

CleanUpPlanetOnlySpecies

Even before I had an assistant, my calendar was color-coded and I had all these different e-mail rules for how to prioritize e-mails, so I made it a point years ago to figure all that stuff out because my life was a mess.

Chris Hardwick

LifeMy LifeRulesCalendarMess

People often ask whether I consider myself successful. I don't yet, because there's so much more I want to accomplish. I put more pressure on myself than anyone else can.

David Ulevitch

MyselfPeoplePressureAccomplish

Even now I can't trust life. It did too many awful things to me as a kid.

Clara Bow

LifeTrustMeNowKidThings

The first thing I heard was spiritual music, which was imbedded. The second thing I heard was swing. And shortly, along with that, I began to hear the blues. And then I began to hear Latin music. Each one left its mark.

Chuck Berry

MusicSpiritualBluesSwingFirst

They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes.

Pete Maravich

YouPayMillionMillion Dollars

My belief is that every single major magazine cover is retouched. I don't know how they couldn't be.

Scott Kelby

KnowBeliefSingleMagazineCover

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