Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.
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Betty Ford and I were colleagues for years, working together for women's rights in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the country.
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Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself.
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You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.
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Those who have learned to walk on the threshold of the unknown worlds, by means of what are commonly termed par excellence the exact sciences, may then, with the fair white wings of imagination, hope to soar further into the unexplored amidst which we live.
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In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.
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The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.
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When you get as old as I am, you kind of believe there's nothing new under the sun, but there's always a fresh way of looking at something. That's why I love working with young people. They remind you of things you used to know and have since forgotten.
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A friend of mine is a chef in Bali, and another friend said, 'God, he's like Brad Pitt,' and I said, 'Yeah, I think he's more like arm Pitt,' 'cause, you know, 'Brad Pitt' would be a bit of an overstatement.
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I was in the U.S. about 15 years. Especially in New York. And then I came back to Japan.
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There's a place for him, but he's the final determinant as to whether he achieves that or not. He needs to capture the imagination of a universe hungry for decent thought and passion. All he has to do is be truthful and have a vision for what to do and stop playing a goddamn game of politics. If he does that, he'll get everything he needs.
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The bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.
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Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression.
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This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody's been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq.
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Puszczykowo is an important place in my life. I feel like I am at home there.
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If the house is to be set in order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past.
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It's the most annoying question and they just can't help asking you. You'll be asked it at family gatherings, weddings, and on first dates. And you'll ask yourself far too often. It's the question that has no good answer. It's the question that when people stop asking it, you'll feel even worse. - WHY ARE YOU SINGLE?
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Too often critics seem more intent on seeking new ways to alter Congress than to truly learn how it functions. They might well profit from the advice of Thomas Huxley, who said a century ago: Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notionor you shall learn nothing.
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I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.
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I know that, for me, I need to try to cover myself while breastfeeding so that no one snaps a picture. If this wasn't the case, I probably wouldn't mind as much because my son is my biggest concern. My attitude is, if someone sees a little somethin' somethin', don't look if you don't like it.
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I must have been an annoying child.
