Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes
The best novels are those that are important without being like medicine; they have something to say, are expansive and intelligent but never forget to be entertaining and to have character and emotion at their centre.Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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It's insane that people have these Internet identities. It has very little to do with who we really are. As a writer, who I'm friends with, how I spend my time, what I look like, what I wear, what I eat, what kind of music I like - it's totally not important to the work.
Ottessa Moshfegh -
Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.
Gabourey Sidibe -
Television can be a little tricky in terms of finding roles that feel fully flushed out, which is why I love being in the theater so much, because the roles tend to be really on the page.
Laura Benanti -
There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
Baltasar Gracian -
With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.
Olivier Theyskens -
The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court.
Pat Summitt
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When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer with values that mirrored my own growing family concerns. Kmart is a family store where value-conscious moms shop, so my partnership with Kmart seemed like a natural fit.
Jaclyn Smith -
I'm happy pretty well anywhere on this big, beautiful planet.
Yann Martel -
I love hiking in the hills not far from my house. I'm invested in my hikes. Sometimes kids go up there and spray-paint over the signs; I've found a biodegradable paint cleaner, and I'll scrub the signs so they're nice and clean.
Nathan Fillion -
When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
Kate Micucci -
I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
Kate Walsh -
I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'll watch myself back on 'Xtra Factor' and want to do it again because of a few hiccups.
Olly Murs
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In hip-hop, there's not a lot of love. There's not a lot of love being spread. It's always like 'I'm stuntin' on you raps, or I'm better than you raps.' It's not a lot of 'Yo man, I idolize you raps.'
J. Cole -
I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
Garth Brooks -
There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
Daniel Craig -
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.
J. R. R. Tolkien -
A melody is not merely something you can hum.
Aaron Copland -
Is it not worrying in itself that European Christianity is now barely able to keep Europe Christian? If we lose sight of this, the idea of Europe could become a minority interest in its own continent.
Viktor Orban
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When someone denies the right of Israel to exist, it hurts us, just as an attack on a close member of our family would hurt us.
Ephraim Mirvis -
Try to guess my answer to that question, however temptingly you pose it.
Mario Monti -
I'm crazy, and I don't pretend to be anything else.
Calvin Klein -
We went to church every Sunday. I do think it's my duty to give back. That's why I'm involved with St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Jesse McCartney -
The best novels are those that are important without being like medicine; they have something to say, are expansive and intelligent but never forget to be entertaining and to have character and emotion at their centre.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie