Uzodinma Iweala Quotes
'Beasts of No Nation' began when I read an article about child soldiers in Sierra Leone during my final year of high school.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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The Open Access Movement has fought valiantly to ensure that scientists do not sign their copyrights away but instead ensure their work is published on the Internet, under terms that allow anyone to access it.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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Everybody has their ups and downs, and that's what makes you tougher.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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In fiction, too, after the death of Cooper the main tendency for nearly a generation was away from the conquest of new borders to the closer cultivation, east of the Mississippi, of ground already marked.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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There's a need to keep the history of an artform going, parallel with the new work that's being done.
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.
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That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.
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I don't drink tea or coffee. I'm like a child: I like fruit juices and sodas and creamy hot chocolate.
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Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.
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Parenting is tough.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I guess I'm curious about how people process grief and how they process loss. And I'm also interested in the ways in which an event can have long-reaching consequences and a life over the course of years.
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I once jokingly told someone that every book is like a relationship. They're four or five years long - that's not so bad. They're serious. They demand a lot of attention. But I remember thinking that I wanted to have one with someone who's not so crazy and peculiar and demanding.
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Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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[When asked how someone 6'3" had dared take up golf:] I was too tall to make the chess team in my high school, so I tried golf.
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I have encountered those who feel that libraries have served their purpose and are no longer needed. There are those who consider them a soft target when it comes to local authority budget cuts. In certain political quarters, there is a refusal to see that our public library service needs active protection.
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First love is an astounding experience and if the object happens to be totally unworthy and love not really love at all, it makes little difference to the intensity of the pain.
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'Beasts of No Nation' began when I read an article about child soldiers in Sierra Leone during my final year of high school.
