Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

I've always been curious about how much of our cultural baggage we bring to what and how we read. I suspect we bring a lot, although we like to think we don't.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CuriousThinkAlwaysBringBeenOur

Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake.

Robert Half

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Ruskin believed that everyone had visual as well as verbal capacities that needed to be developed in order to become a complete human being, and that the apprehension of truth depended on the power of observation.

Robert Hewison

TruthPowerObservationBecomeHuman

I've had my feet on the ground since I was very young. I was brought up like that. I'm going to stay myself.

Matteo Guendouzi

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I've been a lucky guy.

Steve Mariucci

LuckyGuyBeenLucky Guy

My process is walking down to the locker room, laying everything out to how I like it. I'm very particular about setting up my bags and my dressing situation. I love to pull out that portable speaker and blare music even if nobody else likes it. To me, its just keeping everything the same every single night.

Roman Reigns

LoveMusicMeNightProcessWalking

I'm kind of a laugh junkie. It's what I appreciate in life, because life is rich and sometimes it's hard, and I really, really love to laugh and gravitate towards people who make me laugh.

Mary Steenburgen

LifeLovePeopleMeRichAppreciate

Look at it this way - a totem pole is just a decorated tree. My work is a confessional.

Louise Bourgeois

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'SNL' ain't been relevant since Jim Belushi. It's on every week; it's not funny. They need to find some black women to put on there to make it funny.

Loni Love

FunnyWomenBlackWeekFindNeed

One of the challenges with period costumes is, on a technical level, making the scale of different periods work on contemporary bodies. We're much bigger than what people were in older times.

Colleen Atwood

WorkPeopleChallengesBiggerLevel

I read the newspaper online. Mostly 'The New York Times.' I'll still buy papers if I'm getting on an airplane or the tour bus, though. I like physical things.

Conor Oberst

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My days are whatever I want them to be.

Anthony Kiedis

WantWhateverDaysThem

Being poor sucks... It's hard to figure out the secrets of the universe when you're trying to figure out where you and your girlfriend are going to sleep next month.

Antony Garrett Lisi

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