Aminatta Forna Quotes
I temporarily became a surgeon for 'Memory of Love'. I spent two weeks in an operating theatre, watching amputations, and I loved it.
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One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
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It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
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I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.
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It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
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I think it's fun running with dogs. They're always so fit and fast.
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I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I'll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn't wait for the day I'd be able to make music with my son. I don't know what more I could ask for.
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I remember sitting in on meetings where everyone in the room was twice as old as I was.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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Sometimes, I feel that Manhattan in particular has gotten really tame and gentrified or something.
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If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don't know what to copy.
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To me, being worth it means being independent and carving your own path. The L'Oreal woman is worth it because she wants to be.
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I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.
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I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.
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The first thing you need to know, in order to establish some perspective and avoid panic, is that the violent government excesses we're seeing today are far from unprecedented.
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Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.
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I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited.
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At the close of the day when the hamlet is still, and mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, when naught but the torrent is heard on the hill, and naught but the nightingale's song in the grove.
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Every time I listened to Lux Radio Theatre, I wanted to vomit.
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I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfortable sitting there watching it with them. And just that move people. That make people feel a little bit better about themselves when they leave the theatre.
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I continued to serve in Congress until 2001.
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Juliet is one of those rare novels that has it all: lush prose, tightly intertwined parallel narratives, intrigue, and historical detail all set against a backdrop of looming danger. Anne Fortier casts a new light on one of history's greatest stories of passion. I was swept away.
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I temporarily became a surgeon for 'Memory of Love'. I spent two weeks in an operating theatre, watching amputations, and I loved it.
