Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes
I am quite excited that Moi is leaving. Kenyans have changed. We have a free press, and it is no longer a situation of 'follow in my footsteps.'
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.
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I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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Everyone's path is really different, and you just have to be in the right place at the right time. 'The X Factor' gave me that chance I needed, that platform.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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Happiness is an inside job.
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There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
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I never thought of a career of as a model, and it was a total surprise for me when I won the contest and became Miss Chelyabinsk. Then I started modelling in Paris.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.
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Venus favors the bold.
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If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.
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I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.
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I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera.
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We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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I started writing because I wasn't getting things as an actor.
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I did not enter the industry to create a certain image. People happened to see me as the friend/sister/daughter next door. I like that association very much. It's close to what I am in real life. As for films, I just focus on the job.
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The Anarchists believe in the family; they only insist that free competition and experiment shall always be allowed in order that it may be determined what form of family best secures this object.
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I used to swim with these beavers in a beaver pond when I was 10. I went back when I was 11 and found there were no more beavers. I found that trappers had taken them all, so I became quite angry, and that winter I began to walk the trap lines and free animals from the traps and destroy the traps.
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A great mind becomes a great fortune.
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I am quite excited that Moi is leaving. Kenyans have changed. We have a free press, and it is no longer a situation of 'follow in my footsteps.'
