Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes
There has always been a strange dissonance between the public and the private in Nigeria.
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I don't drink at lunchtime because I'm very weak at alcohol like most Asians.
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If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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Every day, you get up, and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there.
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Today, fear of bloodshed is forcing us into recognizing new taboos: those of Muslims.
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You can't make a rule about it. The minute you make a rule, it's like putting your wedding pictures in 'In Style' magazine - you're divorced.
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I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but then, Rembrandt was a bit of an illustrator on the quiet, you know?
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Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror.
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Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
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When people come to Twitter and they want to express something in the world, the technology fades away. It's them writing a simple message and them knowing that people are going to see it.
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I got a job as an assistant film editor, which lasted for a few years, but I found writing incredibly difficult, and I thought, 'How am I going to make a film if I can't write?' I didn't really comprehend that someone else would do that bit.
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The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.
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Our work is never over.
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People follow me because I am just a normal person, and they can relate to me.
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Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.
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The big battle at the end of DW isn't drawn from history, but it's influenced by history, certainly.
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Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories. And they will figure out how those stories apply to them.
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Odd that we think definitions are definitive.
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If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything.
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When they're watching musicals, I've heard people say, 'That's not realistic! Why would they just start singing?' But, I think they can believe it if they try! I mean, science fiction requires a suspension of disbelief, but people allow themselves to sit back and enjoy it anyway.
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There have definitely been more than a few moments in my life where I'm wondering where the next paycheck will come from and how I'm gonna pay rent.
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Simplicity is the key to brilliance.
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I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.
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There has always been a strange dissonance between the public and the private in Nigeria.
