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“The one way to get me to work my hardest was to doubt me.”

The Work Hardest Doubt
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“I am an example of what is possible when girls from the beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.”

Extraordinary Taught About Strength
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There were many good reasons to move to Bayern, and Pep Guardiola was definitely one of them.

There were many good reasons to move to Bayern And Pep Guardiola was definitely one of them.
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Bayern is a big club and a big brand, but on a daily basis, it's a family club. You get to know the physios, the kit man, the chefs. It's also a club that's very close to the supporters. That proximity to the fans makes it special. That was surprising. In Liverpool and Madrid, there's more distance.

Also Basis Big Brand
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I am still as slow as I was when I was 20.

Am I Am Slow Still
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“I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated I would be a damn fool.”

Education Inspiration Damn Fool
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I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home, which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool, he was one of the players I liked most.

Got He Him Home
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I'm not the same person I was. I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that.

Person Dumb Cute Power
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“The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry out their dream.”

Problem Determination Carry Dream
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When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, ‘You’re either going to love yourself or hate yourself.’ And I decided to love myself. That changed a lot of things.

Look Mirror Decide Change
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My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.

Behavior Had Human Make
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It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.

About Again Beginning Came
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I once dated a guy who washed his car more than he washed his hair.
Wash Hair Car Once
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I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was okay.

Image Portrait Kept Push
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Women need to be giving the opportunities to tap into their talents, and energy is being wasted on a daily basis.

Women Need Talents Energy
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I knew 'Ojuelegba' was a good song, but I didn't expect it to blow up the way that it did.

Blow Did Expect Good
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Lagos style is fresh and different. Even with the tailors, they get very innovative with their stuff, with the cuts. When my parents used to make the traditional wares, it was a little bit baggy. But now the tailors are able to infuse the European style, making it slim-fit. Lagos style is different, man. Innovative.

Able Baggy Bit Cuts
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Umm... my favourite Wizkid tune of all time would be 'Don't Dull' 'cos I recorded the track in, like, 5 minutes. The beat was ready, we went into the studio and freestyled, and it was ready. The song became really, really big, so I think 'Don't Dull' is still my favourite.

Beat Became Big Dull
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I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.

Around Cotton Cotton Fields Fields
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I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.

Bad Because Country Country Music
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The whole house came up and I came up with it... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me.

Came Care House I Came
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Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.

Blues Bob Far Grew
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If a song was ever good, it's still good.
Ever Good Song Still
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The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite.

About Church First First Time
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I was born in Abbott, Texas, a little small town in central Texas, and I was raised by my grandparents. And my parents divorced when I was six months old, and my grandparents raised me.

Born Central Divorced Grandparents
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Everything about Sinatra was good. He had the ability to pick great songs, and once Sinatra had sung them, that pretty much was it. He pretty much put his stamp on everything.

Ability About Everything Good
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Your dream was given to you. If someone else can’t see it for you, that’s fine, it was given to you and not them. It’s your dream. Hold it. Nourish it. Cultivate it

Given Dream Nourish Hold
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Since I was a kid, music was what I wanted to do. I thought I could make it by my own talents. That's what I wanted to prove.

Could Kid Make Music
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When I was about 12, I had my first paying gig - 8 dollars to play rhythm guitar in a polka band. Pretty soon, I ended up playing in all the bars within driving distance of Abbott, Texas.

About Band Bars Distance
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That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

Back Behind Bright Bring
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Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

Better Divided Future Learn
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The moment artists can just do what they love to do then music will go right back to where it used to be. I mean back in the '60s and '70s and '80s, that's what it was.

Artists Back Just Love
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For every citizen that was robbed, I had failed.

Rob Citizen That Every
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Our Work in Lagos was a Team Effort, I won’t appropriate personal responsibility for the Good Work

Good Team Work Effort
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My attitude was to see criminals as my competitor and with competitions ,my desire was to win.

Win Desire Criminal Attitude
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I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

Dead Lives Behold Forevermore
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The only training I have is that of a lawyer. I don’t fix contract prices, I don’t sign cheques, non of my commissioners signs cheques. We have a process that was followed.

Process Sign Lawyer Fix
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I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.

Crown Rule World Treat
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Don’t you want to know what’s real and what’s not? I remember when I was a kid, you know, this whole Cold War thing. They had us scared of the Russians. So, it’s almost like, what’s real and what’s not?

Remember War Scared Real
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It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

Observation People Waste Ahead
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Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Someone Time Limited Living
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Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Grieves Marching Onward Setbacks
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One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

Great Surprise Afraid Makes
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If you live each day as it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.
Someday Certainly Right Last
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Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.

Hit Brick Head Convinced
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We should think twice before washing our dirty linen before the world. It doesn’t just reduce our opponents. It also reduces us to the world.

World Reduce Dirty Twice
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You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones.

Allow Another Dream Everybody
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I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing 'Famished Road,' which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it.

Born Came Change Collapsed
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One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.

Adversity Always Bit Bore
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The worst time was 1983. Love and life and everything went wrong. I reached absolute rock bottom. I saw the Minotaur at the bottom of the abyss. I learnt of the harshness of the world and its impartiality to human failure.

Absolute Abyss Bottom Everything
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