Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

In particular I want to talk about natural black hair, and how it's not just hair. I mean, I'm interested in hair in sort of a very aesthetic way, just the beauty of hair, but also in a political way: what it says, what it means.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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A-list stars go to Comic-Con to woo the nerd demographic.

Jim Lee

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'First Step 2 Forever' is a hardcover, multi-colored monstrosity that clocks in at 240 pages... half of which feature full-page pictures of the 16-year-old Bieber.

Andrew Shaffer

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My fear is that I go up to the girl of my dreams and say 'I'm sorry, but I've got to say hello to you,' and she slides the stool back and gets up and walks away, saying, 'Not for me, Bub. I don't want anything to do with you.'

John Mayer

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It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time.

Angela Carter

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Buzz was, of course, the second man to walk on the moon. Buzz made a rap video, 'Rocket Experience,' with Snoop Dogg. He did the cha-cha and the fox-trot and was eliminated in the second round of season ten of 'Dancing with the Stars'.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

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Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.

Robert Benchley

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I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.

Donna Karan

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And I don't think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you're on.

Clay Aiken

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If I read a script and I like it, there's nothing that will stop me from trying to be in that movie.

Brenton Thwaites

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Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.

Arthur Erickson

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The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Winston Churchill

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It's very easy to say no to leaving the house.

William Shatner

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