"Growing up, I was in and out of trouble in group homes and other institutions, and when I was 14, I was locked up in a psychiatric hospital for a number of months for behavioral problems."

-- Gbenga Akinnagbe

#Growing Up Quotes #Home Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“There are those who wake up each morning to conquer the day, and then there are those of us who wake up only because we have to. We live in the shadow of every neighborhood. We own little corner stores, live in run-down apartments that get too little light, and walk the same streets day after day. We spend our afternoons gazing lazily out of windows. Somnambulists, all of us. Someone else said it better: we wake to sleep and sleep to wake.”
“My #â€Ž intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.”
“To the love of pleasure we may therefore ascribe most of the agreeable, to the love of action we may attribute most of the useful and respectable, qualifications. The character in which both the one and the other should be united and harmonised would seem to constitute the most perfect idea of human nature.”
“The true measure of leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.”
“The takeover of Harvard in 1805 by the Unitarians is probably the most important intellectual event in American history - at least from the standpoint of education”
“I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do”
“I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.”
“There's real potency in metal. Metal fans love metal as if it's a nation they would fight for. It's not diluted by pop culture.”

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