Aminatta Forna Quotes
Increasingly, there are those of us who write from outside the center, and those are the writers that I'm most interested in because they bring me into worlds that I did not previously know. And that, as a writer, is what I try to create.
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I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit.
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I felt nobody would understand what was going on in my mind.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.
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Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.
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I think there's a fear of difference in American cinema.
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I feel very lucky to get to fly the flag of RCA Records and Sony Music.
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I didn't want to do something typical.
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The only model to follow is pure Islam.
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My mom raised me with the idea of doing public service, and I definitely want to go in that direction. But I also want to follow in my dad's entrepreneurial footsteps.
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Every time I write a book, I've probably taken five years off my life.
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If guys try to make a bigger company for the sake of size, they don't create value in most cases.
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I wasn't scouted in the mall as a kid; it just kinda happened naturally 'cause of Instagram and New York and being visible, which is cool. Things just started rolling in. Timing was in my favour 'cause the Internet acted as a catalyst for the fashion industry to change and be more open 'cause people demanded it.
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I don't have a normal job, so I really appreciate having friends who are writers and artists. It's fun to have a group of people you can call in the middle of the day to go for a hike.
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What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.
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Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.
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I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with the task at hand.
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A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
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A policeman's lot is not a happy one
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Commitment often means that a woman achieves her primary fantasy, while a man gives his up. In exchange for forfeiting his primary fantasy, what does he hope to fulfill? His primary need: intimacy.
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Spirit can go anywhere. In fact, it has to go places so it can change and emerge like in the migrations. That's the whole idea.
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There is a fundamental difference between the Jewish idea of creation and that of Islam. The creation according to Islam is not a unique act in a given time but a perpetual and constant event; and God supports and sustains all existence at every moment by His will and His thought. Outside His will, outside His thought, all is nothing, even the things which seem to us absolutely self-evident such as space and time. Allah alone wishes: the Universe exists; and all manifestations are as a witness of the Divine will.
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Increasingly, there are those of us who write from outside the center, and those are the writers that I'm most interested in because they bring me into worlds that I did not previously know. And that, as a writer, is what I try to create.
