Nuruddin Farah Quotes
No writing is good enough until you, as an author, make a small contribution, the size of a drop, into the ocean of the world’s literature.
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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it's like to be on the other side of the couch and see what they find helpful or not helpful.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.
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We're changing the way people are going to look at wrestling, women's wrestling, forever. Forever. And we're at the start of it? That's unbelievable. That's unbelievable! Unbelievable.
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As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.
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Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.
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You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
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I love Gwen Stefani. I'd watch what she'd wear over and over again and think, 'How do I nail this style?' And then, I like that classic beauty, too. Audrey Hepburn, she's so elegant.
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I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, all those great records. So I begged my mom and dad for a guitar, which eventually they did get me for Christmas, but it went out of tune very quickly, and it hurt my fingers.
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The Admiral says that he never beheld so fair a thing: trees all along the river, beautiful and green, and different from ours, with flowers and fruits each according to their kind, many birds and little birds which sing very sweetly.
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In fact, I was one of the few trusted people that Lucy allowed to play with their kids. I spent time at their summer home, rode horses at their ranch, and swam at their beach house. I even spent a Christmas with them at Palm Springs one year.
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I queued 24 hours to see Coldplay, at Koko in London, at the start of the X&Y tour.
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As a comedian, you have everything working against you.
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Elvis is symbolic of a lot of things, dreams coming true being one of them.
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At the age of 18 all young poets are sure they will be dead at 21 - of old age.
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I enjoy changing; I think it's more fun to try something different than to just do what you did last time. As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new, and keep it exciting.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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I felt like I had two fathers. I had my real father and the father in my head.
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Don't overpluck your eyebrows. A make-up artist told me this once, and I've always remembered it.
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No writing is good enough until you, as an author, make a small contribution, the size of a drop, into the ocean of the world’s literature.
