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Wole Soyinka Quotes

An excessive amount of my time is taken with political involvement. It's unavoidable; that's my temperament.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: dramatist
Nationality: nigerian
Birth: July 13, 1934

Topics

Time Political Involvement My Time

I've always had a huge fear of dying or becoming ill. The thing I'm most afraid of, though, is being alone, which I think a lot of performers fear. It's why we seek the limelight - so we're not alone, were adored. We're loved, so people want to be around us. The fear of being alone drives my life.

Life Fear Alone Being Alone People

Class warfare has never created a job.

Job Class Never Created Warfare

Once an ebook hits the Kindle Top 100, sales tend to snowball as new customers discover it in greater numbers.

Numbers New Sales Top Snowball Once

Science changes, and it's odd to me that scientists say, 'Never be skeptical,' because it was in the mid-'70s when they were saying we're sunk because we're going to have global climate cooling.

Science Me Saying Say Never Changes

Old age is the verdict of life.

Life Age Old Age Old Verdict

You do have to wonder how Jack Bauer, maverick hero of '24,' can stay hidden for so long when no matter where he goes, he always seems within range of a TV camera. Or six.

Hero Camera Long You Wonder Matter

I believe many people feel like God is mad at them. One day I put a post on Facebook that said, 'God is not mad at you.' Within a few hours, we literally had thousands of positive responses from people saying things like, 'That is exactly what I needed to hear today.' Obviously, this is a message we need to hear.

Positive God Today Day People You

I never set out to do a sketch show.

Sketch Never Out Show Set

You accumulate political capital to spend it on noble causes for Canada. If you're afraid to spend your capital, you shouldn't be there.

Political You Canada Afraid Noble

I thank God that I'm a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I'm grateful that I know where I come from.

Life Love God Knowledge Grateful Me

Newspaper reporting is really storytelling. We call our articles 'stories,' and we try to tell them in a way that even people who don't know all the background can understand them.

Serge Schmemann

People Know Understand Storytelling

People in uniform are not sacrosanct. They don't have all the answers. The use of force is a political decision at its core, in terms of its objectives; then the military, as the experts, must be brought in to tell you how to do it.

Richard Holbrooke

Decision People Political You Tell

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