Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

Perhaps it is time to debate culture. The common story is that in 'real' African culture, before it was tainted by the West, gender roles were rigid and women were contentedly oppressed.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomenTimeCultureStoryGender

It doesn't matter what people think of me. I've lived my life.

Joe Paterno

LifePeopleMeThinkMy LifeMatter

When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.

Jessica Savitch

GirlMeGrowSayWantPossible

It's that invasive and puerile curiosity to feed a tabloid culture. I don't subscribe to it.

John Byrne

CultureCuriosityFeedSubscribe

I did an episode of 'Frasier' with my friend Kelsey Grammer once.

John C. McGinley

FriendMy FriendDidOnceEpisode

The transformation of the D.C. Circuit has been replicated in federal courts around the country. Obama has had two hundred and eighty judges confirmed, which represents about a third of the federal judiciary.

Jeffrey Toobin

TransformationCountryJudgesTwo

Microbes are doing things we didn't even know they could do 10 years ago.

Robert Jackson

DoingKnowYearsThingsEvenCould

Making art in big cities is often frustrating and difficult. It's why artists are drawn to smaller places.

Robert Lepage

ArtWhyPlacesDifficultBigMaking

I never thought I'd be making a living off of acting - it's still kind of a shock for my family and friends to see my face on TV every Wednesday night.

Matthew Gray Gubler

FamilyNightFaceThoughtActing

The requirements for illustrating an eight-page story are as different from that of an ensemble-cast mini-series as they are different from a solo ongoing. Whether or not they're named Captain America or Ruby Thursday matters less to me than whether or not their characterization is consistent and actions logical... storytelling concerns.

Stuart Immonen

MeStoryAmericaStorytellingSolo

There are an awful lot of people out there that don't want to see Boston go away, and I'm one of them.

Tom Scholz

PeopleGoWantBostonSeeOut

I learned to focus on what's real rather than imagined; on not letting feelings drive the bus; on being courageous and honest; on putting my total effort into something and not worrying about the result.

Rob Lowe

FocusEffortDriveResultFeelings

I realized all of the possibilities that could exist for me with my camera: all of the images that I could capture, all of the lives I could enter, all of the people I could meet and how much I could learn from them.

Mary Ellen Mark

PeopleMeLearnPossibilitiesCamera

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