Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

I have my father's lopsided mouth. When I smile, my lips slope to one side. My doctor sister calls it my cerebral palsy mouth. I am very much a daddy's girl, and even though I would rather my smile wasn't crooked, there is something moving for me about having a mouth exactly like my father's.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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SmileFatherGirlI AmMeSister

I was six when my parents divorced, and that was tough for me.

Andie MacDowell

ParentsMeToughSixDivorced

All my writing is fun, and that makes it hard to slow down or walk away.

Michael Connelly

WalkFunWritingSlowDownHard

The desk thing is a problem for me. The ideal one would be vast and perfectly clear. Yet the bane of the biographical existence is paper; if you're 'an artist under oath' you're writing from a mountain of documentation.

Stacy Schiff

MountainMeWritingProblemYou

We're very lucky to be able to go back and reclaim something that was a very special part of all our lives.

Roger Andrew Taylor

BackGoSpecialLuckySomethingOur

In the 9/11 Commission Report, one of the things they point out is that firefighters saved just about everybody below the fire. I don't think they realize how proud the fire department is of that. Because, conceivably, that's all they could have done. They could not have gotten above that fire.

Rudy Giuliani

FireProudThinkDoneFirefighters

Some people say I've got a five-octave range, which is ridiculous. That would mean I'd sing like Mariah Carey or that alien in 'The Fifth Element.' And I'm nothing like that blue alien. I've got a range of about 3 1/2 octaves.

Mika

BluePeopleAlienSayNothingMean

I heard during our label-searching that some labels hire statisticians instead of A&R people. They'll reach out to the bands that will statistically perform best monetarily instead of going out to shows and having an opinion on which music is good or bad.

Lucy Dacus

GoodMusicBestPeopleOpinionBad

Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons.

Lord Byron

WomenHateRightEverythingOff

I'm fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.

Coretta Scott King

LifeHappinessMoneySpiritualHappy

I enjoy acting now more than I ever have. I've had lots of difficult times when I was younger, but that was all tied up with thwarted ambition. It's hard being a young actor, because you don't realise until later that it's only ever about doing the work.

Brian Cox

WorkAmbitionDoingEnjoyActing

It's about learning what's important and what's not important, and at the end of the day, what size you are does not matter at all. I don't have time to worry about that stuff; I'm going to be healthy.

Aubrey Peeples

LearningTimeDayEnd Of The DayEnd

If you have skills to pull off even a four-hour film, people will go and watch it.

Sushant Singh Rajput

PeopleYouGoSkillsWillWatch

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