Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes
What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It's not that simple. You have to do more than go there and adopt a child or show us pictures of children with flies in their eyes. That simplifies Africa.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Sometimes you just wonder whether people just don't have the sensitivity or decency. I'm a member of the media myself: I host a talk show. I know sometimes when you want to ask something, you can circumvent it with words and vocabulary. You don't suddenly just go out there and ask something directly in the pretense of being absolutely candid.
Karan Johar
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Larry Wilmore
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
Babasaheb
I knew nothing about martial arts. And I don't really like it! But in the film, I not only had to pretend that I knew all about it, I had to be the best at it. That was very difficult.
Ziyi Zhang
I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
Yo-Yo Ma
Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Washington Irving
I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.
Yami Gautam
Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
Paige Craig
There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
Felix Dennis
A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
Magic Johnson
I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
Kate Winslet
It's like I've experienced quite a weird and unusual life, you know, being with a mom who's a single parent and struggling with money and things like that. It's really hard. And it brings a lot of other insecurities in life and a lot of other issues in life, in school and a bunch of other things.
Fefe Dobson
I have a strong desire to communicate what I feel about the world. That's exciting to me.
Dan Gilroy
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Rachel Caine
Once you're a mom, always a mom. It's like riding a bike, you never forget.
Taraji P. Henson
As a small company our fastest way to market was going to be by working with other retailers that were known for pioneering new technologies and categories.
David Rose
My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can. Children are naive - they trust everyone. School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble.
Frank Zappa
What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It's not that simple. You have to do more than go there and adopt a child or show us pictures of children with flies in their eyes. That simplifies Africa.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
