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The fact that I have always been deeply invested in politics, and African politics in particular, inevitably played a role in my first novel and, of course, in my decision to write about a handful of particular conflicts in Africa as a journalist. Dinaw Mengestu
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The fact is, African Americans have not benefited equally from the improvements that are making a difference. Durado Brooks
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I think I would like to see more roles for South Asian performers that are more inclusive and part of the American Diaspora, the American tapestry, perhaps the way that African American and Hispanic roles have developed. Aasif Mandvi
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My identity is not based on performance; it's based on something that's pre-determined by someone else, and I don't even understand what that is because I'm an African who came to America. Toyin Odutola
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Now I've devoted my life to making sure that I can be a trailblazer for any other African American kids or any other gay kids or any other kids that just feel weird or uncomfortable and have their own issues and don't know how to express themselves. I want to be like a beacon for those kids now. Todrick Hall
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Don't say you want to be an actor and not know how to read a script. Don't give up 15 minutes before the miracle comes. Everyone's career ebbs and flows, especially if you're African American. That's the time to dig in and keep your instrument sharp. Erik King
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The emergence of a hardware product from an African company marks a phase-change point for tech invention. The BRCK shows that great ideas can come from anywhere, that innovation comes from solving real problems with constrained resources.
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While he was in the service, in the South and in Oklahoma, he was refused service at a couple of places where he was in uniform, and was told that African Americans, blacks, Negros, were not served. And in spite of that, I've never known a man who loved this country more than my father did. Eric Holder
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The very first role I ever played was as a 17-year old South African girl who dreamed of being a star and left home to meet her mother in the big city so that she could pursue that dream. I left South Africa and met my mother in Vancouver and not long after that was given the opportunity to perform on the stage and have people chant my name. Kandyse McClure
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We have seen a continuation of the hotel recovery in almost all areas of the world helped both by higher occupancies and higher rates,
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We have to get out of this rut of letting teams hang around and get back in the game. It's almost like we're playing from behind when we have the lead. We just have to finish out games better.
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We have to find our sense of urgency a little bit earlier. We gave up almost 70 in the first half. It looked like we just went through the motions. Dirk Nowitzki
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What the tapes show is that between the first gulf war and the second gulf war, Saddam Hussein had not lost his appetite for, or interest in, weapons of mass destruction. To the contrary, he was almost obsessed by them.
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When everybody feels pretty good about themselves, and you have Champagne coming out of the water fountain, it's almost like we've got to burn the place down.
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When your power bill is almost half of what your rent is it creates a real problem.
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We were at the cruise ship greeting all of our visitors as they departed, and almost everyone of them had just wonderful things to say about the city, about the volunteers, and I mean it was just...it was incredible.
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We were almost tasting it. Girls that went through it took it pretty hard. It wasn't easy to come out on the losing end of that match.
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We were almost reluctant to go that way. But we knew we needed to follow the trend. New country was beginning to cross over into rock, which was creating a new style of music, and it caught on very heavily.
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For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours. E. P. Thompson
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Watching 'Girls,' it was really angering for me at first, because I really had spent decades hiding unlikable, unattractive Jewish girls in likable, attractive, non-Jewish actors and characters. Jill Soloway
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We're extremely honored to have Sonia Sanchez at this year's festival. For decades now, she has been an original, serious voice who movingly describes the African-American experience.
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The generosity of the super-rich is sometimes proffered as evidence they're contributing as much to the nation's well-being as they did decades ago when they paid a much larger share of their earnings in taxes. Robert Reich
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It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop. Mahmoud Abbas
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My house. It's kind of eccentric. It's two decades worth of accumulated personal projects. Yeah, it is pretty dense in my house. Douglas Coupland
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My goal at Delta is to return our service levels to industry leading, which they were for decades until the mid-'90s. If we do that and keep the hearts and minds of our people as we do that, it will ultimately lead to financial success. Jim Whitehurst
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My grandmother and my mom and my aunt Aurelia, my grandmother Juanita, my mom Lucia - we lived on the outskirts of a barrio in Mexico City called Tepito, and Tepito for many, many decades was the largest barrio in Mexico and perhaps even Latin America. Juan Felipe Herrera
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Four generations of our family have lived and worked here at Shafer Shores. Through the years we have thrived on repeat guests, many of whom measure their time here in decades rather than years.
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We've sold or sampled more than 15 million servings. People are telling us that this is a product that works for them.
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And the people I have been accountable to every single day in the Senate are the 27 million Texans who I represent and I made a promise to them that I make to you today, which is, if I am elected, every single day I will do two things: tell the truth, and do what I said I would do. Ted Cruz
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A simple, well-proven surgery can restore sight to millions, and something even simpler, a pair of glasses, can make millions more see. Thulasiraj Ravilla
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The sound of a million butterflies flapping their wings is indescribable. It's very heavenly. Louie Schwartzberg
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When you take away the phone and e-mail and you don't have a million things to run around to, it allows your mind the space to think more expansively about the things that matter. Ewan McGregor
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We've got fines accumulating at $1 million a day. The pressure is on to resolve this problem.
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What $1 million is worth today is not the same as it will be worth in 2030.
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Since NAFTA was put in place, Mexico has lost 1.9 million jobs and most Mexicans' real wages have fallen. Stephen F. Lynch
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She is going to make her first million by the time she is 20,
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We have six weeks to go, ... With your help, we can make it happen.
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Every six months I fly to Dallas to get botox and I also get collagen injections. Janice Dickinson
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I train six to seven hours every single day. I wake up six days a week and know that it's going to be the same thing. Bryan Clay
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Have I gotten any threats? All I get is threats. I get at least six or seven a day. Betty Shabazz
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There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it. Anthony Trollope
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Sixty is just a number. I don't feel 60.
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Six times now, huh. That's not too bad.
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Actually, I've always wanted to be a professional skateboarder ever since I was about six. Bam Margera
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We're going to be with them a lot for at least the first six months, then slowly wean them. We're not just going to throw them into an apartment.
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I was a candidate in 1991. There was virtually a wave for Ram Mandir. In 1989 also, there was a wave - anti-Congress wave.
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We turned what is virtually a glorified independent label into one of the powerhouse labels in the town. Toby Keith
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What we have right now is exceedingly weak. It's virtually worthless.
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I do virtually nothing except my work. No hobbies. Milton Glaser
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We know virtually all of the genes known to mammals. We do not know all of the combinations. Craig Venter
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Here's the thing about 'Cabin in the Woods.' I did virtually no research on this movie. Drew Goddard
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I virtually begged for the money. (The project) is really going to be good. I'm thrilled.