Aja Naomi King Quotes

It was a given at UCSB that if there was a role that called for a person of color, it was going to be handed to me. There were certain times when maybe I didn't try as hard. Going to Yale was a way more diverse experience.

Aja Naomi King

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When you commit to something, you don't want to let your fellow people and yourself down.

Andy Garcia

YourselfPeopleYouDownWantYour

Sachin Tendulkar definitely is a legend, but I had a crush on Anil Kumble - what a personality he had. I also liked Ajay Jadeja.

Shilpa Shinde

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I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park.

Mike Shinoda

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One of the features of a democracy is the disentanglement of the sacred from the secular because in religiously pluralistic countries, no one can legitimately claim special status by faith membership.

Michael Shermer

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Most writers have been influenced by Faulkner.

Louise Erdrich

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If people have to tell you how successful they are, they really aren't that successful.

Jon Bon Jovi

PeopleYouTellSuccessfulHow

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

Confucius

YourselfYouDoneWantOthers

Nineties music was what I grew up with, and I want to make music that's soulful but that you can also dance and drive to.

Conrad Sewell

MusicDanceDriveYouWantUp

There's barely a strand of the modern media that the Kardashian-Wests haven't been able to master, and for good reason: Kanye is an amazing performer and cultural provocateur, while Kim, through her strength of character, has created a place for herself in the glare of the world's spotlight, and it takes real guts to do that.

Anna Wintour

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It's because I work in ethics, and, more specifically, applied ethics, that I think it's important that if you have things to say that you think are right and you think could make the world a better place, it's important that many people read about them.

Peter Singer

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I've always really respected directors. As much as I was interested in acting, whenever I watched a film, it was always the directing that really stood out to me.

Paul Wesley

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Every son's first superhero is his father, and it was the same for me. For me, he was Superman and Batman combined.

Tiger Shroff

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