Wole Soyinka Quotes

In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.

Wole Soyinka

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I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing as it becomes more personal.

John C. Hawkes

WritingWantPersonalMoreFiction

Most Christians are still living with an Old Testament view of their heart. Jeremiah 17:9 says, 'My heart is deceitfully wicked.' No, it's not. Not after the work of Christ, because the promise of the new covenant is a new heart.

John Eldredge

WorkHeartViewNewLivingOld

Everybody gathered at my Aunt Hannah's house, and we sat around and talked, ate, drank and told lies. That's what people do, and I just sat there and listened.

Andre Holland

PeopleHouseAuntJustLiesAround

When people talk to me about tyranny, it makes me laugh and gives me the impression that people suffer from amnesia.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

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I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don't want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.

Michael Caine

LifeThinkDoingYouWantMore

The music industry really has to learn a lesson from the tech industry about what scale means at the end of the day and learning how to monetize.

Troy Carter

LearningMusicDayEndLearnLesson

Net neutrality is the principle forbidding huge telecommunications companies from treating users, websites, or apps differently - say, by letting some work better than others over their pipes.

Marvin Ammori

WorkBetterSayOthersWebsites

People rarely speak of children; you hear of 'cohort groups' and 'standard variations,' but you don't hear much of boys who miss their cats or 6-year-olds who have to struggle with potato balls.

Jonathan Kozol

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P90X and Insanity are awesome workouts for young guys who aren't beat up. DDPYoga is for guys who are beat up. It's the fountain of youth for beat-up guys.

Diamond Dallas Page

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I'm into designing houses and interior design. I like change. I like creating things out of nothing.

Chris Kirkpatrick

ChangeDesignCreatingNothingOut

Foreign policy is all about a universe of bad decisions, imperfect decisions; every situation is different. The dynamics, the atmospherics, the people, the pressures, the geopolitical realities shift.

Chuck Hagel

PeopleUniverseDecisionsBadPolicy

I think that the romantic suspense that you used to get between people like Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant is much sexier than seeing people taking their clothes off and getting into bed, which is voyeurism.

Anne Reid

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