"That boom town [Abu Dhabi] proved to be the reef against which my family crashed, the story of many who seek the promised land, and my poetry is a versification of that personal history. History is all I have."

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Andre Naffis-Sahely

#Land Quotes #Stories Quotes #Towns Quotes

“I always feel like, when you go into an audition, your best chance at success is to be as comfortable as you can be. It's generally more helpful for me to just be confident and comfortable.”

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“I'm myself, not a label.”

Source : John Brunner (2014). “The Shockwave Rider”, p.196, Open Road Media
“If we are prepared to invest the necessary time and effort, affirmative action can contribute to Harvard's quality and not detract from it.”
“Poverty is part of the natural condition and that is bad enough. But my task is to prevent the aggravation of this condition.”
“I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.”
“You know what wakes me up? A tongue in the ass. There is no alarm clock on that one, you are up, you are shaking, you are in a karate stance.....the day has begun.”
“Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than to spread it over such a variety of subjects and pass through so many new hands.”
“When I'm hiring, I don't look for credentials, I look for knowledge.”

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