Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes
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I just don't want to be rapping forever. I love it, but sometimes you got goals for yourself.
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Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.
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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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Lipgloss is my calling!
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2005 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve.
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Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that we do that?' It's a way of reaching out.
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When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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I'm going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.
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I was eight when I left Sarajevo, so I didn't really know very much about my culture and it was so important for me to go back to my roots and meet the people.
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One thing my family has shown me is that having a sense of humor is everything.
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Most writers have no idea how to make a film. It's a totally different skill set. Nor is it just to translate exactly what's on the page directly on to the screen - because that would be terrible. It would be five hours long, and the structure would be a mess. But the writers know the characters and the story.
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I didn't know I wanted to do films until I started to do them. Very few films are made in Mexico and film-making belonged to a very specific group, a clique.
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It would be a great adventure for Leicester to be in the Champions League.
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At the beginning, Lincoln was so inexperienced he had reverence for military expertise, not realizing that there wasn't any military expertise, that the most anybody had commanded up to that point had been somebody, some troops in the Mexican War, and it had been years ago.
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If you're black, if you're gay, if you're Latin - we're all the same. We're all the same, and we all want the same: We want to be happy.
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I believe I have voted for both Democrats and Republicans. Am I either one? Absolutely not. Ladies and gentlemen, I am an American.
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In America, I feel black with all of the rubbish that comes with it.
