Wole Soyinka Quotes

I don't know any other way to live but to wake up every day armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me.

Wole Soyinka

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I believe movies are better, the less you know going in.

Joe Cornish

BelieveBetterYouKnowMoviesLess

My mother taught me to believe in ghosts: to use a Ouija board, have seances, and leave little offerings out for those who have passed.

Jennifer McMahon

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I think every work is hard in different ways.

Andrea Riseborough

WorkThinkHardDifferentI Think

If a guy doesn't work hard and doesn't play well, he can't lead anything. All he is, is a talker.

John Madden

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Don't let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you're crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you're lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you're greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn't understand.

Robert G. Allen

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I never would have guessed I would be making science fiction and horror films.

Matt Reeves

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The savagery and power of Edith Wharton's ghost stories surprised me.

Michael Dirda

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One of the biggest regrets of my whole career was turning down an offer to direct on the first season of 'The Wire.' That would have been so perfect for me.

John Singleton

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Lupe Velez was way before me; Dolores Del Rio was way before me, so I had no one. So the only one I could think of that I identified with was this gorgeous creature named Elizabeth Taylor, so she became my role model.

Rita Moreno

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We don't believe trade deals are zero-sum games.

Luis Videgaray Caso

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I don't know how I got to this point but it must be as a result of everything that has come before so if I were to change something, I might not be at this point now.

William Shatner

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I joined the local athletics club when I was 12, that's what I did. I did it of my own volition.

Sebastian Coe

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