Dinaw Mengestu Quotes

When I began 'All Our Names,' I did so wanting to create parallel narratives between Africa in the nineteen-seventies and America during that same period.

Dinaw Mengestu

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AmericaCreateAfricaSameNames

Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong to themselves to a greater and greater extent.

Jock Sturges

ChildGrowYouGrow UpSeeUp

I see myself touring internationally - everywhere, every theater, every arena - and putting out stand-up comedy specials until I can't even stand no more. Even then, I'll probably do my comedy special in a hospital bed.

Jermaine Fowler

MyselfStandComedySpecialHospital

I don't think this show would have come to me 10 years ago. It continues to be this wonderful miracle.

Stephen Collins

MeThinkYearsMiracleWonderful

I think what I love about the documentary process is that you bring yourself to the documentary. And hopefully that makes you ask good questions, and hopefully that makes you reveal a little bit about yourself as well.

Soledad O'Brien

LoveGoodYourselfThinkQuestions

Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming.

Tom Hiddleston

FightingStopNeverNever Stop

Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.

Robert A. Heinlein

FunnyTemptationWayMayPassAgain

There is nothing like the indignity of not fitting into a roller coaster.

Mick Foley

NothingRoller CoasterLikeFitting

Nike Air Zooms are what I usually run in. In the kitchen, I wear a beaten-up pair of Converse All-Stars in winter and Keds in summer.

Christina Tosi

WinterKitchenSummerRunAirWear

Maybe it's because I've been an actor for such a long time, but I think, unless you're a big star, you don't really have much control over anything. I've never been able to make any plans.

Peter Capaldi

TimeControlThinkLongYouPlans

I grew up loving David Letterman and Pee-wee Herman, but as far as live performance comedy, all I knew were the Jerry Seinfeld-type comedians of the world, and that's what I thought live performance comedy was all about.

Scott Aukerman

LiveWorldPerformanceThoughtUp

I'm a very individualistic person. That is why I don't belong to any political party or anything. I really believe in justice and freedom.

Marjane Satrapi

FreedomJusticeBelievePolitical

I'm obsessed with Tumblr. I love looking at all the pictures!

Kendall Jenner

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