Wole Soyinka Quotes

The blatant aggressiveness of theocracies I find distressing, because I grew up when Christians, Muslim and animists lived peacefully together.

Wole Soyinka

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TogetherFindUpLivedBecauseGrew

I can picture the character in my head, and the voice just comes out.

Jim Cummings

CharacterVoicePictureI CanHead

You can't sit down and decide what you want to write about.

John Burnside

YouDownWantWriteDecideSit

I'm really not thick-skinned - my wife will tell you that I take sunsets personally - but I know that I've got the belly for whatever comes down the pike. I think it's tenacity. You've been there before, and you just have to recall, 'How did I handle that one?'

Jerry Lewis

WifeThinkYouDownKnowTenacity

Listen, you only tease the ones you love.

John Boehner

LoveYouListenTeaseOnly

I really can't get involved with any project that I don't feel a hundred percent I can stand behind.

Melina Matsoukas

StandFeelI CanProjectGetBehind

In providing this $5,000 tax credit for those purchasing rural homes, we're offering an important incentive to encourage people to live in smaller communities - and perhaps even stay in a community they might be considering leaving.

John M. McHugh

LiveCommunityPeopleCreditTax

I think I'm a mama's boy who wanted to be a hockey player, who failed, and had to become a singer. I think that I'm a generous, impatient, kind, jerk.

Michael Buble

HockeyThinkKindBoyBecomeSinger

While most trudge through their days straight-jacketed in the social compact, living for others as much as or more than for themselves, a select few excel.

John Ridley

LivingOthersMoreThroughDays

Simplicity is the key.

Ritchie Blackmore

SimplicityKey

Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.

Roy Hattersley

AcceptanceEvilFamiliarityContempt

I didn't know anything about romance novels until a friend suggested that I try writing one. After I read a few, I realized that my favorite part of fiction had always been the relationship aspect.

Ruth Glick

FriendRelationshipWritingKnowTry

Silence is a universal language. It's like music or painting.

Michel Hazanavicius

MusicSilencePaintingLanguageLike

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