Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

While writing 'Half of a Yellow Sun,' I enjoyed playing with minor things: inventing a train station in a town that has none, placing towns closer to each other than they are, changing the chronology of conquered cities. Yet I did not play with the central events of that time.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: September 15, 1977

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I love that phrase that parents say to their children when they cry: 'I'll give you something to cry about.'

John Grant

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My character Preet in 'Fanaah' had a very distinctive appearance: loud make-up and dramatic clothes.

Anita Hassanandani Reddy

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I always had a tremendous amount of rage about the business, and I thought turning that into comedy was healthy.

Andy Kindler

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When I left the band I said Look, I am ready to move on. I was interested in playing with some of the other people that I had bee a studio musician with.

John Sebastian

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A doctor today would never prescribe the treatments my grandfather used in the Confederate Army, but a minister says pretty much the same thing today that a minister would have said back then.

John Templeton

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Things don't get better when you become well known or go on TV. I'm just being rejected by a better class of women.

Stephen Merchant

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Vladimir Putin is only going to respond to action, strength, and resolve. He's not going to respond to words.

Ron Johnson

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I think that everyone in one way or another has some sort of body issue. There's something about themselves physically that they're not happy with, that they're ashamed of, that they keep constantly trying to change.

Roxane Gay

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I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.

Martin Sheen

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I've been treated really well for 'Stick It.' There was this cop and he pulled me over and he was like, 'Oh my God, you're in 'Stick It.' I said, 'Yes. Yes. You're the last person I would think would be pumped up by this movie'. He let me go, so that was nice.

Missy Peregrym

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I understand that in some industries, the input cost of energy is a major factor in whether an industry is going to locate in the United States or go elsewhere.

Mitt Romney

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When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something.

Lou Gehrig

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