Wyclef Jean Quotes

I lived in a hut with no roof, and I rode to school on a donkey. I used to shoot birds with a slingshot to cook for dinner. Now I prefer to get my food from KFC.

Wyclef Jean

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I long ago lost track of the number of times the Obama administration has assured everyone that its vacuum-cleaner approach to electronic surveillance does not threaten the privacy or the rights of Americans.

Andrew Rosenthal

LongPrivacyLostEveryoneRights

FOMO (fear of missing out) is the enemy of valuing your own time.

Andrew Yang

FearTimeEnemyOutMissingOwn

I'm not interested in awards. I never have been. I don't think they are important. Don't get me wrong, if somebody gives me a prize, I thank them as gratefully as I know how, because it's very nice to be given a prize. But I don't think that awards ought to be sought.

John Hurt

MeThinkWrongKnowImportantNice

Scott Bradfield writes weird, oblique, unsettling stuff.

Jeff Giles

WeirdStuffScottUnsettlingWrites

The strength of fiction is not in reading about yourself, but in reading about other people.

Tom Rachman

StrengthYourselfPeopleReading

Freedom of expression comes with responsibilities, especially when it comes with serious implications for peace.

Mohammed Morsi

FreedomPeaceSeriousExpression

My favorite artists always documented emotion. Marvin Gaye and Al Green and Sade and Aaliyah.

Drake

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In this age when people expect to get their music for free, we have to work out how we can protect the rights of creative artists so they are compensated fairly and that the record business itself remains sound and healthy.

Clive Davis

WorkBusinessMusicAgeCreative

You know, I have no worst experiences.

Bob Denver

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Corruption never has been compulsory.

Anthony Eden

CorruptionNeverBeenCompulsory

After 'A Separation,' I found it much easier to work in Iran because I worked with very enthusiastic people who were very involved in the work, and that facilitated a number of things. It made it possible to iron out some of the difficulties found by other filmmakers in Iran.

Asghar Farhadi

WorkPeopleSeparationPossibleOut

With films like 'NH-10' and 'Phillauri,' what Anushka Sharma is doing, or what Shraddha Kapoor and Vidya Balan are doing with their films, the industry is changing for women.

Nushrat Bharucha

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