Taiye Selasi Quotes
The summer I finished my first novel 'Ghana Must Go,' I drove across west Africa: from Accra to Lome to Cotonou to the deliciously named Ouagadougou.
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Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable.
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I made my first movie when I was five.
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Apartheid was in South Africa; now it has been transferred to Palestine.
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Drug manufacturers could afford to sell AIDS drugs in Africa at virtually any discount. The companies said they did not do so because Africa lacked the requisite infrastructure.
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I didn't get at first put into a rehab facility; I got put in a adolescent psychiatric unit for my detox.
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I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
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The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people.
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The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
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We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Obamacare was passed months before my first day at Komen.
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I'm not that good a player, and I'll be the first to admit that. I might be a three or four grand-slam winner; I might be a two grand-slam winner, I don't know.
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I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.
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I always put my boxing first.
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The whole experience on 'Grown Ups 2' was like going to adult summer camp.
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Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.
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I did my first show in second grade. I was a munchkin in 'The Wizard of Oz.'
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Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage.
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It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than they imagine, for the success they may have achieved, even in practical pursuits, and for the enjoyment their lives have afforded them.
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You have to balance, but you can be aggressive as a chef. It benefits the food. You have to be passionate. You can't be angry cooking.
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I started cooking for the love of cooking, and I am going to keep cooking whether there's a celebrity aspect to it or not.
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My career? I never think of it as a 'career.' Art and music and all those things that I'm creating are just part of me.
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The summer I finished my first novel 'Ghana Must Go,' I drove across west Africa: from Accra to Lome to Cotonou to the deliciously named Ouagadougou.
