Chinua Achebe Quotes
There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me to add to that huge number of people writing here when there are so few people writing about somewhere else.
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Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?
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Whenever you have dynamic interactions between 300 million people and the American economy acting in really complex ways, that introduces a degree of almost chaos theory to the system, in a literal sense.
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I love doing impressions of politicians because the task is always to imagine the private lives of these people whose job it is to project an image of staunch, unflinching leadership and grace, and that's just not how human beings, in their heart of hearts, work.
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In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with...' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.
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Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people.
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I had a world of people who were raising me; it was like a little village.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.
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I'm smart enough to know to work with smart people.
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I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.
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The misperception about the South is that everybody is racist, and all black people are victims, that what was prevalent in the '60s is only relegated to the South.
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The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.
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The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, let's be honest.
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When you're first reading the script and thinking about playing the part, it's slightly daunting. It's easy to question, 'Is an audience going to like me? And is that my job?'
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Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
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I don't think of myself as a gearhead or a motorcyclist. I'm not that young, and this is like another life of mine. But the people I know from that era think of me that way.
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I have met hundreds of young people doing just what George Romney did: using a hand up in tough times to become part of the American Dream.
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People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.'
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The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.
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A career in the theatre demands so much commitment.
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I know that I am one and I've made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when I'm not actually doing it, I forget that I do it.
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I've grown up on Bob Dylan and all that, but there was a certain standard set up by people before 1955.
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There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me to add to that huge number of people writing here when there are so few people writing about somewhere else.
