I divide my time between Columbia, Maryland, and Lagos, Nigeria.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Recitation: by Male by Female
Why, we have invented the whole machinery of the supernatural, with its unseen spirits and powers, good and bad, to account for things, because we found the universal everyday nature too cheap, too common, too vulgar.
John Burroughs
NatureGoodBadGood And BadWhy
You don't want to be a one-trick pony. On a lot of Smiths songs, I used a pick or a plectrum, and for some of the slow songs, I used my thumbs and my fingers. That's why I love the bass - it's adaptable, and you can express yourself so well with it.
Andy Rourke
LoveYourselfSlowYouWantWhy
It's strange because even in the vaudeville days, ventriloquists were never the main attraction. They were the guys brought out to stand in front of the curtain while sets were being changed. Ventriloquism wasn't even celebrated as an art until Edgar Bergen came along in the 1930s.
Jeff Dunham
ArtStandStrangeNeverOutDays
Without books, we might just melt into the airwaves and be just another set of blips.
John Updike
WithoutMeltMightJustBooksSet
I see corruption as a mortal enemy for young democracies.
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
CorruptionEnemyYoungSeeI See
We really believe in the earnings. We're very proud that often we do well in the down market. But you know, there are some markets where they just lose liquidity, like 2001, 2008.
Louis Navellier
BelieveProudYouLoseDownKnow
When I started out doing comedy, I was still in college and was working day jobs. I taught preschool for a few years. And then I got more into freelance writing. So stand-up has always been my primary independent creative mode of expression. I've done it my whole adult and young adult life.
Josh Gondelman
LifeDayCreativeCollegeWriting
There's always somebody doing something more extreme than you are. It used to be that if you ran the marathon, that was the end of it.
Don Kardong
EndDoingYouMarathonMoreAlways
Virtually nothing Barack Obama has done has left America or the world better since he became president. Nearly everything he has touched has been made worse.
Dennis Prager
WorldBetterAmericaDoneNothing
It's going to be interesting to see how society deals with artificial intelligence, but it will definitely be cool.
Colin Angle
IntelligenceCoolSocietyInteresting
I have always been interested in that relationship between what happens in our head and what happens in the world.
Claire Messud
RelationshipWorldAlwaysHeadBeen
Buying art is not understanding art.
Anselm Kiefer
ArtUnderstandingBuying
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