Chika Anadu Quotes
While my work is usually about the Igbo woman experience, there are many aspects of my female characters that women everywhere can and do relate to.

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I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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Gran Metalik was a student in CMLL when I was there as a teenager, and I was in main events and big time matches, so I used to see him in the gym all the time.
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I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim who think like me and would be glad to discover that someone is fighting the radical functionaries and rabbis who embitter their lives.
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I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for us to have votes, for women to have votes in particular - your vote is your one weapon.
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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
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Being a nice person is about courtesy: you're friendly, polite, agreeable, and accommodating. When people believe they have to be nice in order to give, they fail to set boundaries, rarely say no, and become pushovers, letting others walk all over them.
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I've never really worked on them. Just once in a while one hits me and makes me laugh. My Al Gore was sort of like a gay Gomer Pyle.
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I believe everything falls into place as it's supposed to.
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I like the idea of having a superordinary life.
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I always say I was born too late in the world, too old.
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Cape Town, South Africa, was pretty incredible. That's probably the coolest place I have ever been, and the kiteboarding is insane there. It's so windy, so you can get massive air.
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People still say to me, 'What was it like being in such a huge flop?' The amount of hatred and vitriol was surprising.
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… ‘I’ve only one hobby, and that is my wife.’
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I never think too far into the future. I'm too busy thinking about tomorrow's news.
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My parents owned a hair salon, so I learned a few tricks there. I can cut people's hair - if they let me.
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I think if you're young and you're being compared with a successful family member, it's really hard to maintain any sense of self-worth and credibility.
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I keep my head straight by having the right people around me, from my friends and family to my management and my team. They all keep me in my place. If I didn't have them supporting all the work that I do, I wouldn't be in such a solid place.
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The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lip,s though they cannot speak.
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If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold, I'd have all the treasures my pockets could hold.
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There are mysteries, secret zones in each individual.
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I see the portrayal of any believable female character as feminist.
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I remember going to the audition for 'Corrie.' I wasn't an actor - what they're often looking for in these rooms is a character, not what's on the page. They want to see what you are going to bring. So somehow, I got the job on 'Corrie.' For the first time in a while, someone really believed in me.
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While my work is usually about the Igbo woman experience, there are many aspects of my female characters that women everywhere can and do relate to.