"I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, 'Now I'm a writer.' I've always been a writer."

-- Wole Soyinka

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“We are the most dangerous species of life on the planet, and every other species, even the earth itself, has cause to fear our power to exterminate. But we are also the only species which, when it chooses to do so, will go to great effort to save what it might destroy.”
“You find out who you are by figuring out who and what you're not”
“In confusing stock options with ownership, corporations confuse trappings with substance.”
“Bach in general was so good with the violin. He just finds the genius way around his music on the instrument. When you think about the fact that the instrument has changed significantly since he wrote for it and his music still really works, it's brilliant. He was definitely ahead of his time. There's something so satisfying about his music. It's beautifully organized and emotional at the same time. I find it highly exciting.”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com
“Over a long period of time, living as if you were someone else is no fun.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.”
“Vanity may be likened to the smooth-skinned and velvet-footed mouse, nibbling about forever in expectation of a crumb; while self-esteem is too apt to take the likeness of the huge butcher's dog, who carries off your steaks, and growls at you as be goes.”
“Weâ€™re not about picking a mayor. Weâ€™re about making a mayor, making the winner. And thatâ€™s what weâ€™re gonna doâ€¦. I talk to them (the mayoral candidates) constantly. All of them. I know all about all of their families. I know about their dogs and this and that.”

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