Annie Ilonzeh Quotes
I come from an interracial family: My father is from Nigeria, and so he is African-American, and my mother is American and white, so I rarely see skin color. It's never an issue for me.Annie Ilonzeh
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
Salva Kiir Mayardit -
Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
M. Stanton Evans -
But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
Pat Robertson -
It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
Gavin Newsom -
When I travel, there are no rules with my diet. I eat whatever looks good, but in small portions. Food is such a rich part of the travel experience. There is no way I would cut that out!
Zoe McLellan -
It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.
Carl Reiner
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
Captain Beefheart -
Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
E. O. Wilson -
The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
D. H. Lawrence -
The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand -
Professionally, I really respect Natalie Portman – her career choices, actually going for stuff with substance.
Maiara Walsh -
The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
P. J. O'Rourke
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
Candice Swanepoel -
I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
Barry Jenkins -
My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
Okky Madasari -
I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.
Gary Dourdan -
I would love to go back and help rebuild that country and help - you know, kind of like what's going on with Iraq right now. You know, they've got a new government in place. They're trying to rebuild the country. I would love for that to happen in Cuba also.
Rafael Palmeiro -
Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.
Daley Thompson
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When I started as a child actor, my father didn't tell me anything.
Mahesh Babu -
Other than the 'Sesame Street' soundtrack, which I was obsessed with, the first artist I really felt I'd discovered on my own was Amy Winehouse. She was the first female artist I wanted to write like and sing like and be like.
Alessia Cara -
To dance is to give channel to the Creator.
Ali Abdullah Saleh -
I am the conductor for life of the Staatskapelle in Berlin, which fills me with tremendous joy because I feel absolutely at one with them. When we play, I have a feeling that together we manage to create one collective lung for the whole orchestra so that everybody in the stage breathes the music in the same way.
Daniel Barenboim -
There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
Hanya Yanagihara -
I come from an interracial family: My father is from Nigeria, and so he is African-American, and my mother is American and white, so I rarely see skin color. It's never an issue for me.
Annie Ilonzeh