Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes
If I were not African, I wonder whether it would be clear to me that Africa is a place where the people do not need limp gifts of fish but sturdy fishing rods and fair access to the pond. I wonder whether I would realize that while African nations have a failure of leadership, they also have dynamic people with agency and voices.
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We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.
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I try not to have favorites, but Barfly is one that I like. My favorite is always the one I just finished.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.
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To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
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When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical.
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How important is failure - yes, failure - to the health of a thriving, innovative business? So important that Ratan Tata, chairman of India's largest corporation, gives an annual award to the employee who comes up with the best idea that failed.
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'He was one of the most spectacular shooters the game has ever known. I hear people talking about forwards today and I haven't seen many that can compare with him.'
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I suppose that, for most of us, the fascination of conjoined twins is that such people can serve as symbols.
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"I’m not Catholic, I’m not Orthodox…" and I wouldn’t even say Rastafarian, that still divides people, I don’t want to divide people so anything that I say is something that must be so big and great that it did encompass everyone and it’s love.
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If I were not African, I wonder whether it would be clear to me that Africa is a place where the people do not need limp gifts of fish but sturdy fishing rods and fair access to the pond. I wonder whether I would realize that while African nations have a failure of leadership, they also have dynamic people with agency and voices.
