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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Every three years, we have to go to the governments and say, okay, you know you're saving millions of lives and even though your budgets are tight, helping Africa avoid this disaster really is a priority.
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My mother raised us to think that if we worked hard, and if we put our end of the bargain in, it would work out OK for us.
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What's funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I was just amazed by it. I just said, 'Hey Mom, can I do this too?' And so she signed me up for little theater classes, and I remember my first audition for a play when I was seven years old was for 'The Thankful Elf.'
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I opened an office in Terre Haute, established eight of them, and became one of the eight county agents.
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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.
