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If there is no corruption in governance and public life, there would be enough resources in any nation to meet the important needs of the common people, including women and youth.

No corruption Governance Public life
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Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor.
Actor Child Growing Growing Up
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If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now.

Been Had Job Level
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You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.

End Financial Gain Somebody
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I'm nice, and I show up on time.

Nice Show Time Up
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When the creator of the show is gone, the actors end up being the people who have been there the longest.

Actor Been Being Creator
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You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset.

Adult Attempt Boy Censorship
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We've all been brought up with the view that religion has some kind of special privileged status. You're not allowed to criticise it.

Allowed Been Brought Criticise
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There are days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers

Days Got Just Keep
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I suppose I'm a cultural Anglican, and I see evensong in a country church through much the same eyes as I see a village cricket match on the village green. I have a certain love for it.

Anglican Certain Church Country
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When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems that you cannot hold on for a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn.

Tight place Goes against Cannot hold Give up
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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn

Never Give up Place Time
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So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why don't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?

Been said Beautiful Young girls Wake up
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I am one of the sort that lives by throwing stones at other people's glass houses, but I never mean to put up one for them to stone.

One Sort Lives Throwing stones
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I certainly would absolutely never do what some of my American colleagues do and object to religious symbols being used, putting crosses up in the public square and things like that. I don't fret about that at all; I'm quite happy about that.

About Absolutely American Being
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I did not end up as broadly educated as my Cambridge colleagues, but I graduated probably better equipped to write a book on my chosen subject.

Better Book Cambridge Chosen
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The power of fictitious writing, for good as well as for evil, is a thing which ought most seriously to be reflected upon.

The power Fictitious writing Seriously
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Look at the high and the low, all the world over, and it's the same story,—the lower class used up, body, soul and spirit, for the good of the upper.

Look High World Same story
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The fool is not he who asks what and when he/ she doesn’t know. The fool is he/she that is so confident that they don’t ask out of pride, so they don’t seem dumb and they still end up making fools of themselves!

Fool Who ask Confident Pride
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I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on.

Beauty Could Feedback Funny
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If you're meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you've already set the bar too high.

After Bar First First Time
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Because I have no consistent schedule as an actor, it was difficult to develop one as a writer. Ideally, I'd like to write first thing in the morning, every day. But sometimes I'm called to set before the sun comes up, or I've worked late the night before, or I'm on a plane.

Actor Because Before Consistent
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I've learned a lot from trainers over the years, but mainly that you need discipline to stay in the gym and out of the many fine cupcake emporiums on every corner.

Corner Discipline Every Fine
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In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

Gains Itself Lean Learns
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People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy.

Care Enjoy Health Hoard
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There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture.

Absurd Argument Been Christian
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Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.

Companion Lay Lays Many
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What is the life of man! Is it not to shift from side to side? From sorrow to sorrow? To button up one cause of vexation! And unbutton another!

Another Button Cause Life
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Everyone has the right to be stupid on occasion, but Comrade Macdonald abuses the privilege.

Abuse Comrade Everyone Occasion
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I was bullied by a few people who were much older than me. I went to camp to learn boxing. I was 12, and my coach was 24. I felt like if I could fight him, I could stand up to anyone.

Anyone Boxing Bullied Camp
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The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.

Last Refuge Sense Sleeping
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As young people, you do not need permission to participate. You must occupy your space because there is no governance without citizen engagement and youth-led accountability.

Young people Permission Occupy Your space
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When injustice is perceived, young people look upon violent groups as legitimate fighters, not perpetrators of violence.

Injustice Young people Violent groups
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I listened to a lot of Jay-Z and Kanye coming up, which would be unexpected for a boy bander like me. But I'd listen to a lot of that, and a lot of Ed Sheeran, actually.

Actually Boy Coming Ed Sheeran
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It is my duty to make sure that young people hold governments accountable for the implementation of the frameworks they signed up for

My duty Young people Governments Accountable
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Most of the big companies are owned by men; let’s support each other as women so that we can also achieve such business success. This will not come easily, but it’s a journey we need to embark on now.

Big companies Support Women Achieve
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A key role for a leader is to support and mentor the next generation of leaders and create an effective team.

Key role Leader Next generation Leaders
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On our American tour bus, the bunks are a bit taller so that we don't bash our heads. On the English bus, we bash our heads every morning. It's not the best thing to do first thing when you wake up.

American Bash Best Bit
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We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it.

Fun Guitar More Much
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I never really liked poetry readings; I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group.

Group Jazz Liked Lyrics
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We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup.

Always Close Closed Down
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You really have to soak up the culture of the people to get it right. If you're making a fiction film, it's entertainment, but you want it to be as real as possible.

Culture Entertainment Fiction Film
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I have a deep tribal sense. I grew up in a synagogue that my ancestors built. I sat in the third row. My family was decent. They were good people; they were handshake people. So I never had a sense of rebellion.

Ancestors Built Decent Deep
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As I approach the end of my life, I have even less and less interest in examining what have got to be very superficial evaluations or opinions about the significance of one's life or one's work. I was never given to it when I was healthy, and I am less given to it now.

About Am Approach End
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They say I'm the Hottest MC in the Game. If you label me that, I will live up to it. Trust me.

Game Hottest Label Live
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I'm not an example for how people should live their lives. Never in my life would I ever set out to be an example for people on how to live their lives. If you need an example for how to live, then you just shouldn't have been born. Straight up.

Been Born Ever Example
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Jail didn't make me find God, He's always been there. They can lock me up, but my spirit and my love can never be confined to prison walls.

Always Been Confined Find
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Trying to tear down the past prohibits you from building up your future.

Building Down Future Past
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One thing about a skater: they never quit. So a skater, to sum it up, is awesome.

About Awesome Never Never Quit
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I believe music should reflect yourself in some way and not just yourself at the given time. I feel that when you die or when you're going, someone's supposed to listen to that music and know everything about you. And I just try to get that across.

About Across Believe Die
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