Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes
Because gender can be uncomfortable, there are easy ways to close this conversation. Some people will bring up evolutionary biology and apes, how female apes bow to male apes - that sort of thing. But the point is this: we are not apes. Apes also live in trees and eat earthworms. We do not.
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Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
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I am not a great fan of computers. I do watch videos and analyse which batsman is playing how. Batsmen can play different shots on different days. A batsman may not play cover drives well, but if he connects with two such shots, he starts playing the drive well on that day.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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I listen to music to when I'm feeling a certain way or to make myself feel a certain way. So why not make my own music inspired by true emotions?
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
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Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.
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The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there. Perhaps the most important to me is our interest in the promotion of democracy in this hemisphere.
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We have to develop the whole system of early stage investors and a tax system around it. For every Google that has come on the scene, there are hundred entrepreneurs who never did.
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To fund major cultural efforts, we must not rely alone on government and foundation patronage; if the farmer can spend for beer, he can pay for good entertainment which he can understand, which he can identify with and which will fortify his spirit.
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We're such imperfect beings. I think that's more often the case than not.
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My two sisters were always cooking. I wanted to be in the police force, but I didn't get in because I just so happened to procrastinate a bit, and I hadn't gotten my application in at the right time.
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Because gender can be uncomfortable, there are easy ways to close this conversation. Some people will bring up evolutionary biology and apes, how female apes bow to male apes - that sort of thing. But the point is this: we are not apes. Apes also live in trees and eat earthworms. We do not.
