Buchi Emecheta Quotes
As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money.
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I like walking in Golden Gate Park.
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I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.
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It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified.
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When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.
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What role should religion play in the American public school classroom? My own knee-jerk response would be, 'none whatsoever,' but the Constitution isn't quite so direct on the subject.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.
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Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
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We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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It's never crowded along the extra mile.
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I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to.
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I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like.
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I think women have to change their hairstyle from time to time.
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Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link.
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I want to be better than five guys. I was that way when I used to box, I was that way in any sport. I want to compete with five other guys. If I beat five other guys, I'd like to see if I can beat six.
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As history has shown, pure science research ultimately ends up applying to something. We just don't know it at the time.
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We will not allow the use of crypto-currency as a surrogate money.
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Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt.
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Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.
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As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money.
