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I've been told, and I think I recognize it, that there's a cinematic quality to my writing, with a sense of image and place and scene - and, some would say, my tendency to finish my books the way Hollywood finishes its films.

Been Books Cinematic Films
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Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing it.

Books Feel I Feel Readers
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I lay no claim, it should be clear, to being a historian. So in my books, the intimate and personal have been intertwined inextricably with the broad and historical.

Been Being Books Broad
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Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game.

Soccer Football Game
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Ultimately, my books are not about the politics, although the toil and the struggle and the wars in Afghanistan have a significant impact on the lives of my characters.

About Afghanistan Although Books
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I was good at being a doctor; my patients liked me. At times people trust you with things they wouldn't tell their spouses. It was a real privilege.

Being Doctor Good Liked
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I read actual physical books and have thus far avoided the electronic lure.

Actual Avoided Books Electronic
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A Western-style democracy in Afghanistan is a dream. I don't see that as a reality anytime soon. But I think some form of representative political process is not that far-fetched.

Afghanistan Anytime Democracy Dream
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I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.

Group Guy Member Nailed
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The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me.

Books Me Success Surprise
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One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

Floor Tequila Three Two
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I have met so many people who say they've got a book in them, but they've never written a word. To be a writer - this may seem trite, I realize - you have to actually write.

Actually Boo Got Many
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By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

Concealing Language Large Tool
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One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like.

Area Deserted Know Like
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When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands.
Foot Hands Life Step
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You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.

About Fewer Good Know
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We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Before Choose Experience Joys
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Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

Attitude Bring Brings Determined
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I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

Asked Bookstore Defeat Me
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You really don't find too many good people. You really don't. Keep them around.

Around Find Good Good People
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I'm an OG. I was an OG when I was 16. I was an OG when I made the decision I don't want to go to school anymore and start skipping to make music.

Anymore Decision Go Made
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If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

Bloom Expect Flowers Heart
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I feel like I have something to prove. I'm just not this cool fashion kid that be around ASAP Rocky.

Always Get Guy Here
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Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.

Bliss Complete Created Eternal
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Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

Advance Advancing Blood Corrupt
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Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.

Against Divinity Follow Footsteps
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Where I am from, people are into designer brands, but not, like, the cool ones, just like any designer brand, and I wasn't that type.

Am Any Brand Brands
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The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.

Bliss Came Consider Gloom
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If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.

Before Grandfather Had He
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Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Brother Doubt Faith His
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A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.

Childhoods Get Know Lot
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Do you know something? The minute that blood sacrifice was accepted, Jesus was the first human being that was ever born again. Now that was real - it happened when he was in Hell.

Accepted Again Being Blood
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There is no hope of anyone going to Heaven unless they believe this truth I am presenting. You cannot go to Heaven unless you believe with all your heart that Jesus took your place in Hell.

Am Anyone Believe Cannot
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Jesus paid a tremendous price for us so we could have abundant life. He willingly took all of our sin on Himself and gave His life on the cross so we could be forgiven and have new life in Him.

Abundant Could Cross Forgiven
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Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I'm not saying that's bad.
Bad Best Everybody Foot
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No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes.

Anything Directly Eyes He
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Going out hanging out with the troops, and you know it's kind of all summed up in the TV show, I don't what else I can say about it. It's a great thing to do, something I'm definitely proud of.

About Definitely Else Going
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No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

Amazingly Faith Future God
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I never said I wanted to be around for a long time. I always said I wanted to be here for a good time.

Always Around Good Good Time
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Basically, the Internet is just the way now. It's the end-all, be-all of self-promotion. It's not like you got to burn CDs and pass them out or sell them. The Internet is a tool that reaches billions and billions of people. It's like a no-brainer to tie it in with self-promotion, or even label promotion.

Label Internet Billions Promotion
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I dated all these girls and ended up not liking them and thought to myself, 'What was it that all of them had in common?' They had too much time on their hands. Even though they were pretty, they lacked something. A woman could be less attractive but with ambition and drive, that's the most beautiful thing.

Ambition Attractive Beautiful Common
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When we were in D.C. my daddy used to cut his hair with a bowl. Crucial. If you're African, Haitan, Jamaican or even more poor than the people in the project, you'll know about that.

African Bowl Crucial Cut
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I worked at a hot dog place, a bagel place, the Jersey Store and the hottest fashion joint around. I was getting too famous to work there anymore. I was almost showing up as a joke. I made $2,000 on my show the previous night and I'm going to go shopping during my five-hour shift.

Famous Hot Joke Fashion
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Everything God tells us to do is for our good. Whether it's direction you get in His Word or something He's specifically put in your heart for your situation in life, the absolute best thing you can ever do is obey Him promptly and completely.

Absolute Best Direction Ever
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I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.

Proud Heavy Fast Enough
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However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

Deep Long Time Come
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I go out, but not too much. When I'm on tour, I just write a lot of music and sleep.

Tour Music Write Out
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Any girl can look glamorous... just stand there and look stupid.

Glamorous Stand Stupid
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if you play the numbers game and become obsessed with it, as so many in Hollywood are, sooner or later you have to face the depressing fact that if you are number one the only place you can go is down.

Game Obsessed Hollywood Depressed
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.

Famous Role Know Taught
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