Taiye Selasi Quotes

The writer presents himself to the blank page not with an open passport but an open heart.

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• Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.

  

  Manal al-Sharif
  • Believe
  • Different
  • Women

• We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • People
  • Working
  • Need

• If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • People
  • Kids
  • Light

• There's a lot more to me than just power.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Power
  • Me
  • More

• But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter.

  

  Patrick Macnee
  • Work
  • New
  • New York

• Many people think that being a graphic designer means going to an expensive art school and buying expensive software that will cost you thousands of dollars. This is so far from the truth. There are hundreds of online education centers that offer top-notch graphic design training.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • People
  • School
  • Art

• Like some of my other movies, 'Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes' is also a very political film, and many critics still consider it even the best of all the Apes movies, because it conveys a series of political viewpoints.

  

  J. Lee Thompson
  • Political
  • Best
  • Movies

• A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Party
  • Tea
  • Wave

• A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.

  

  D. B. Weiss
  • People
  • Create
  • Go

• Many female politicians get intimidated by the aggressive behaviour of men. I don't. Not because I am a courageous person or anything, but because I see international standards, and I see that they are worth fighting for.

  

  Safak Pavey
  • Men
  • Standards
  • Aggressive

• I learned how to comport myself among trolls, elves, hobbits or goblins. I learned that a friend can be lost to greed and avarice. I learned that solving riddles may be as important a survival skill as bowmanship. I know how to talk to a dragon, and that it's best not to.

  

  Karen Joy Fowler
  • Important
  • May
  • Lost

• Michael Lewis has the amazing ability to take complex formulas and concepts and turn them into page-turners.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Amazing
  • Ability
  • Turn

• We have guidance counselors that have caseloads of 500 to 600 children. We don't have enough to help the children.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Children
  • Help
  • Guidance

• I love singing some Johnny Cash, which is interesting because it's in a guy's key; I love singing Elvis Presley.

  

  Samantha Barks
  • Guy
  • Interesting
  • Singing

• When I did '1,2,3,4' on 'Sesame Street' they'd rewritten the song and made it about counting. At first, I balked. I was like, 'Counting to four? That's where we're going with this?' Then they sent me appearances by other people like James Blunt doing 'You're Beautiful' as 'My Triangle.'

  

  Feist
  • People
  • Song
  • Beautiful

• I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Life
  • Love
  • Beyonce

• I genuinely liked all of the cast members very much. Steve had a wicked sense of humor. I remember Russell coming to my rescue, once. I watched Eric evolve before everyone's eyes. Maurice loved what he did, so. He treated his character with respect, down to the costuming.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Character
  • Remember
  • Respect

• I always say you've only got one life to live, and you're not promised a tomorrow. So, you might as well just have a good time with it.

  

  Fantasia Barrino
  • Life
  • Time
  • Good

• We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

  

  Jesse Owens
  • Reality
  • Effort
  • Discipline

• You watch the interview afterwards, and they didn't really say much, but it's interesting, funny, and engaging. Whereas I sit there and look a little bit too serious, and as soon as that happens then you're uncomfortable and you don't want to watch.

  

  Kristen Stewart
  • Interesting
  • Funny
  • Serious

• Ah, when to the heart of man Was it ever less than a treason To go with the drift of things, To yield with a grace to reason, And bow and accept the end Of a love or a season?

  

  Robert Frost
  • Heart
  • Man
  • Things

• One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.

  

  Cal Thomas
  • People
  • Power
  • Truth

• It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.

  

  Erykah Badu
  • People
  • Men
  • America

• The writer presents himself to the blank page not with an open passport but an open heart.

  

  Taiye Selasi
  • Heart
  • Open
  • Page