"Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's important."

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June Jordan

#People Quotes #Important Quotes

“You can want success all you want, but to get it, you canâ€™t falter. You canâ€™t slip. You canâ€™t sleep. One eye open, for real, and forever.”
“I now believe there is a God...I now think it [the evidence] does point to a creative Intelligence almost entirely because of the DNA investigations. What I think the DNA material has done is that it has shown, by the almost unbelievable complexity of the arrangements which which are needed to produce life, that intelligence must have been involved in getting these extraordinarily diverse elements to work together.”
“He was still alive. Which was the worst thing that could have happened.”
“The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.”
“At 16, I dropped out of school and spent five years working as a bicycle mechanic and volunteering in a Trauma Centre before ultimately deciding to go to university.”
“I honestly think that in five years time, television will be watched on computer screens anyway and you'll be doing multiple things. You'll be 'IMing' while you're watching a show and checking the news.”
“Grapes are juicy. Strawberries. Oranges. Good pork chops are succulent," said Dusty. "But the word isn't accurately descriptive of a person." Smiling with delight, Ahriman said, "Oh, really, not accurately descriptive? Be careful housepainter. Your genes are showing. What if I were a cannibal?”
“You're not a coward just because you don't want to hurt people.”

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