Chris Abani The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things. – Chris Abani Opportunity Quotes Privilege Quotes Slow Quotes Writer Quotes I have to have three or four books going simultaneously. If I’m not impressed in the first 20 pages, I don’t bother reading the rest, especially with novels. I’m not a book-club style reader. I’m not looking for life lessons or wanting people to think I’m smart because I’m reading a certain book. My grand uncle was a traditional priest, and he would always say to me as a kid, ‘We stand in our own light,’ which essentially for him meant we were entirely responsible for a lot of what happens to us and for the ways in which our lives play out.
Jihae I make sure I’m always hydrated and take Vitamin C and sunscreen if I stay out in the sun. – Jihae
Larry King Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy. – Larry King
Matthew Slater I’ve stated before that I think we all have a job to do and the number one focus needs to be on every man doing his job. – Matthew Slater
Glen Hansard Sometimes you give birth to something or you’re part of a team that gives birth to an idea, and it grows and has a whole life of its own, and you feel grateful. It’s just so humbling. – Glen Hansard
Margo Jefferson My mind is stuffed with quotes. Lines, couplets, paragraphs, stanzas; Bessie Smith, Stevie Smith, Tin Pan Alley, rock and roll. They tease or lead or hurl me into a dream space of jostling languages that I need to bask in each day in order to write. – Margo Jefferson
Alberto Del Rio I can tell you this, and I’m 100 percent sure: 90 percent of the people working for WWE have never been in a real fight in their lives. – Alberto Del Rio
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