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Aminatta Forna Quotes

My childhood ended in this horrible way. I lived in a country where I didn't trust anybody.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: british
Birth: 1964

Topics

Trust Childhood Country Way Lived

Honesty has always been very important to me.

Honesty Me Important Always Been

Have you ever tried to talk to a baby or a toddler? They never look you square in the eyes, they know about three words, and God forbid they ever ask you how you're doing. It's all about them!

God Eyes Words Baby Doing Look

What a fine line there is between artistry and insanity. There's no formula for it, and I think a lot of people when they're around you - even those closest to you - when you're in that whirl of creativity and you're grabbing those things out of the air, there's no rational process.

Creativity People Think Process You

My first priority is my children. If at any moment I put aside something that I want to do to be a better parent than that is more than okay for me.

Children Moment Me Parent Better

I don't want to be looked at as just that guy with the best mixtape of the year. I want to be, all-in-all, an incredible musician.

Best Year Want Guy Just Incredible

If you want a place in the sun, you have to expect a few blisters.

Sun You Place Want Expect Few

Having a superpower has nothing to do with the ability to fly or jump, or superhuman strength. The truest superpowers are the ones we all possess: willpower, integrity, and most importantly, courage.

Strength Integrity Courage Fly Jump

I was a serial monogamist.

I used to agonise over what to do next, but now I'm making a movie a year. It's insane, but it's only a movie after all. You just hang in there, and occasionally you might make something which you can call art... briefly.

Art Year You Now Over Hang

Bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel.

Sleep People Bored Cruel Lot Unless

I prefer men to boys. To clear it up, it's not about an older or younger thing. It's a mindset, not age. There are 18-year-old men out there and there are 40-year-old boys.

Age Men Mindset Out Up Clear

The highest of distinctions is service to others.

Service Service To Others Others

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