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I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar.

Banjo Between Birthday Father
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I'd have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says how I feel, what I believe - and it even explains the world to myself better than I knew it.

Believe Better Even Explains
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.

About Add Extra Friend
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So,one day a president will appoint his grandmother to an office with reference to the mockery of the Supreme Court ruling.

President Grandmother Office Mockery
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Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began to realize that this music was almost like a history of our country - this music contained the real history of the people of this country.

Almost Around Began College
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Enslaving Nigerians has never been so easy with branding. There's no struggle necessary they will enter the one chance with a smile.

Enslaving Nigerian Branding Struggles
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That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.

Because Business Every Every Time
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That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things.

Break Does Doing Each
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The race most people have been tricked to run will always be void of fulfillment. We are part of nature and nothing in nature lives for itself. Rivers don’t drink their own water, Trees don’t eat their own fruit & the sun doesn’t shine for itself. Living for each other is a rule.

The race Void Tricked Rivers
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It’s time to stop being part of the problem by speaking out about the culture of harmful practices and impunity that has led to needless murders. We are not merely showing discontent but addressing the need to change the reinforcement of this impunity & negligence.

Speaking Harmful Practices Murders
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The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along when I was twelve or thirteen and just changed all the rules about what it meant to write songs.

About Along Biggest Biggest Influence
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The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things, and that it lasts, that's probably my favorite thing that I've done.

About Done Favorite Favorite Thing
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We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying what I am saying. But they don't have to, if they can control how many people hear it. And that's how they do it.

Am Away Come Control
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When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself, and after a couple of years of playing folk music, I kinda rediscovered those hits that were on the radio all the time when I was a kid.

After Could Couple Folk
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As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release.

Africa Also As Far As Birthday
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I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.

About Could Incredibly Insensitive
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I don't avoid anything. In my songs I just choose to talk about certain things, and so yeah, there are some aspects of my character and personality that don't come out.

About Anything Aspects Avoid
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It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.

Contact Easy Give Give And Take
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On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.

Am Around Ease Feel
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Every successful person has a painful story and Every painful story has a successful ending, Accept the pain and get ready for success.

Every successful Painful story Ending
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Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Follow May lead Leave Trail
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Stay focused on the present and don’t worry about past or future. Do not let negative things from the past effect your present-day happiness. Whatever occurred in the past cannot be altered and you should let it go and move on.

Stay focused Worry Future Negative things
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We Believe in the rule of law and We also believe in the power of the people.

We believe Rule Power People
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It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.

Care Cultivate Eyes Garden
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I don't have regard for money i don't celebrate wealth cause wealth is not yours it is only been entrusted into your hands by almighty GOD it is the way you use it that will determine your future what i celebrate is my achievements in life and how many people i have impacted their life

Have regards Money Celebrate wealth
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I'm a bit of a slag... Some people don't think it's very nice, but I don't care... I've got hormones, and sex is there, so why not? Sex is good. Everybody does it, and everybody should!

Bit Care Does Don'tCare
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There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.

Between Come Difference Dinner
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I've been watching what I eat. When I was putting on all the weight, I was drinking Guinness and not eating. I didn't have room to because I was drinking all the time.

Because Been Drinking Eat
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When people come out of rehab, they usually go to secondary rehab for another six months and then enter back into society gradually. But I came out and did Top Of The Pops straight away!

Another Away Back Came
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Nothing is truly impossible, have courage and take a risk in your yourself.

Truly impossible Courage Risk
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Passion is the drive that keeps the motor running, do what you love and possibilities seem endless!

Passion Drive Motor running Possibilities
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Stand by your ideas even if they seem far-fetched

Stand Your ideas Far fetched
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There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change.

Change Changes Does Essence
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I don't have anything that I treasure at all. They're just things. I tend to buy an awful lot of stuff, like clothes and things. But I wouldn't be bothered if my house burns down tomorrow.

Anything Awful AwfulLot Bothered
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Engineering growth and prosperity goes beyond the creation of jobs or infrastructure alone, we need to create a culture of influence, innovation and integrity.

Engineering growth Prosperity Creation Jobs
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Happiness and well being markers for the state of a national economy have little to do with how it’s individuals feel.

Happiness Well being National economy
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What you aim at determines what you see! Focus and don’t get too high on the highs and too low on the lows.
Aim at Determines You see Focus
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You need to consider the future and think “what might my life look like if I were doing the right things incrementally everyday?”

Need Consider Future Life
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Nigeria cannot work under an indolent, impotent, incapacitated and ignominious ruler. If the country must work, we need a True Visionary Leader beyond rhetorics with CAPACITY and Perspicacity (Clarity).

Nigeria Impotent Work Visionary Leader
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I like listening to good music - and I can't stop playing my album.

Album Good GoodMusic Like
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Masculinity is not fragile. Masculinity is not toxic. It’s not fundamentally pillaging. It’s not fundamentally rape culture and exploitation. I like the masculine spirit. It is necessary. Dear men & boys, may we continue to show up in excellence and be our best selves.

Masculinity Fragile Fundamentally pillaging
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You SHOULD be afraid of taking risks and pursuing something that’s meaningful. But you SHOULD BE MORE afraid of staying where you are if it’s making you miserable.

You should Afraid Risks Meaningful
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So, across the broad spectrum, you may have it better than most people you envy. Be grateful for your journey and embrace it with love.
Broad spectrum You envy Be grateful
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This is an idea that I believe to be very true. Find and build your community, surrender yourself to (positive) ideals that transcend you, do less of the things that you shouldn’t be doing.

Idea I believe Very true Build
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One of the disadvantages of being young is that most of the tragedy you’ll face still lies ahead in your future We need to prepare ourselves and those around us to embrace these challenges and overcome them Only then, will we be ready to change the world

Disadvantages Tragedy Face Future
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I listened to someone say that the generation of our parents got it wrong with us. And that many of us have gotten it wrong with our own selves. Please, let’s pay more national attention to the children, the future of our country.

Generation Parent Wrong Children
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Turn to Lord and cast your cares and burdens unto Him. Let go of your sinful habits, for He is ever ready to forgive and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness. He is the God of a second chance.

Lord Cares Burden Unto him
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God doesn’t have a special class of people He speaks to. He can speak to you if you are willing to come before Him in prayer by faith. Don’t make any man your intermediary between you and God.

God Prayer He speak Faith
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As you step into a new day, I pray that you will not miss what God has in store for you. May His hand of favor be upon you and make your day a huge success!

New day Pray God Success
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The hopes, dreams and aspirations of our nation and continent rests on you! God has equipped you with special abilities that can enable you scale over any mountain. Although our problems are numerous, I still believe there is hope for Africa!

Hopes Dreams Aspirations Our nations
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