Ama Ata Aidoo Quotes

For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.

Ama Ata Aidoo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: ghanaian
  • Birth: March 23, 1942

Topics

PurposeFightCorruptionLiterature

When Frank Broyles coached at Arkansas, he used to have a golf tournament each year for all the Southwest Conference coaches.

Joe Jamail

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Waking up early was the first example I noticed in the SEAL Teams in which discipline was really the difference between being good and being exceptional.

Jocko Willink

GoodDisciplineEarlyFirstUp

The issue in Web accessibility is the fact that blind and visually-impaired people need the single biggest boost to achieve equivalence, since the real-world Web is a visual medium.

Joe Clark

PeopleBlindAchieveNeedSingle

My dream is to have a baby, not to adopt one, because I am not up to it and I don't feel strong enough. I want my own child, a biological child, the fruit of my sperm, conceived through artificial insemination because it wouldn't make sense for me to make love to a woman I don't love.

Stefano Gabbana

LoveWomanI AmChildMeBaby

Would I have voted to leave the European Union? Yes, I would. My theory there is that Britain was fed up having won two World Wars against the Germans and had reached the boiling and breaking point of being told where to live and what to do by a bunch of bureaucrats in Belgium. It was out of that frustration that the vote to leave was made.

Robin Leach

LiveWorldFrustrationVoteLeave

One thing I love about the beauty industry is that there are so many entrepreneurs, so much creativity, such a fun pipeline of products.

Mary Dillon

LoveBeautyCreativityFunIndustry

Low kicks, you need to throw at least 20 to finish the guy, and he has 20 chances to block you, and you can break your leg.

Mirko Cro Cop

YouNeedFinishBreakLowChances

Frankly, with HBO and Showtime and cable shows, the DVD box sets and all, you can have a product that doesn't make you feel like as soon as it's projected, it's thrown away. It's really a piece of art.

Louis Leterrier

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There's something really appealing about the simplicity of black-and-white images.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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Teachers are unparalleled in the role they play in children's lives.

Jon Porter

ChildrenPlayTeachersRoleLives

I have a whole fur closet. I'm not afraid of PETA.

Johnny Weir

AfraidFurWholeCloset

I think I would have been a totally different kind of writer if I'd gone to England. I might have developed a cynicism about my origins, a belittling of them, or an excessive nostalgia for them.

Derek Walcott

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