Ayobami Adebayo Quotes
I wanted to write about extended family systems. You have people you can fall back on, and it's good. But what if you don't fit into what is expected of you?
Quotes to Explore
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The signs of climate change are visible across the nation, from the drought-stricken fields of Central California to the flooded streets of Michigan. Extreme weather is turning people's lives upside down and costing communities millions of dollars in damaged infrastructure and added health care costs.
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People don't like to vote against something that's so incredibly popular.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
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I always try to block out an hour or so a day to read. Being a writer is a job, and reading helps train my brain in the right direction.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.
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Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.
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When Princess Diana got married, I was a very little kid, I think. I remember her dress, and I found the dress amazing when I was a kid.
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I don't realize how rare it is to genuinely have sincere love for everyone you work with. Especially in Hollywood, but even in life.
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You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.
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There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
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From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.
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I don't want my work to be heavy. The challenge is to make it interesting and engaging, keeping in mind the need for method acting. This is what I have learnt from Bharat Muni's 'Natya Shastra' and from the Russian theatre legend Stanislavsky.
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Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
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My memories are inside me – they're not things or a place – I can take them anywhere.
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I always felt I needed to teach to survive.
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My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.
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Her friends say she is very funny. At a family dinner, she stood to go, and the footman very properly pulled her chair away. At that moment I asked her a question and she sat down again, except there was no chair. Everyone, including the Queen, laughed and laughed.
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Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
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We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released.
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I wanted to write about extended family systems. You have people you can fall back on, and it's good. But what if you don't fit into what is expected of you?
