Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

Successful fiction does not need to be validated by 'real life'; I cringe whenever a writer is asked how much of a novel is 'real'.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Since I arrived at CNN, it has grown into one of the largest and most trusted news organizations in the world.

Jim Walton

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I fell in love with Alan Ayckbourn the day I met him and, starting with 'The Norman Conquests,' went on to do eight plays with him. He tells you just what you want to know and has a brilliant way of solving problems.

Michael Gambon

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A film is a terrible thing to waste.

Roger Ebert

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We had a great time making 'Chennai Express.' It was a learning experience working with Shah Rukh... it was a positive experience.

Rohit Shetty

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Magic Johnson was in the seventh year of his Hall of Fame career when thoughts of his basketball afterlife led him to the office of uber-executive Michael Ovitz, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency, Hollywood's most powerful agency.

Don Yaeger

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I think, personally, nothing comes from violence other than more violence.

Christopher Priest

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Every decorative piece in this house is my feeling, my choice.

Connie Stevens

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I love Dallas, Austin and Houston. Why? Because some of the best comedians, like Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison, started their careers in Texas, and because the crowds there are comedy-educated.

Bobby Lee

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Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average person.

William Inge

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I don't drink coffee, so I have been known to have a Coca Cola on set at 6:30 A.M. in order to wake myself up.

Lili Reinhart

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'Kung Fury!' I mean, Jesus, that thing is amazing.

Kevin Bacon

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The truth of the matter is, beauty is a specific thing, rare and fleeting. Some of us have it in our teens, 20s and 30s and then lose it; most of us have it not at all. And that's perfectly okay. But lying to yourself that you have it when you don't seems to me simple-minded at best and psychotic at worst.

Julie Burchill

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