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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

I was tired of everyone saying that when you write about race in America, it has to be nuanced, it has to be subtle, it has to be this and that.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Tired Saying America You Race Write

I have to know the characteristics of the players. I have to adapt myself to the characteristics of the championship and the players. Now I study my players.

Myself Know Adapt Now Study Players

Content arises out of certain considerations about form, material, context-and that when that subject matter is sufficiently far away.

Far Away Matter Content Out Away

Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.

Name Nostalgia Will Europe Soon

Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.

Great Win Political Rules New Way

I had been struggling with how to create a child-like protagonist's voice without making it sound as though I was 'dumbing down' to the character. They are able to see events, people and places with an intensity and open mindedness that adults lack.

Character People Voice Down Create

Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on local economies, schools, health care delivery, and public safety all across the country.

Health Safety Border Care Country

When you admit that you are married, people try to get skeletons out of your closet. They dig into your personal lives and link you with strangers, which could be detrimental. They also want to know details about your marriage, children, and so on. I wanted to keep it private because I only want my work to speak.

Work Marriage Children People Speak

When I was younger, when I was at school, I did read a lot of fiction. I think as you get older perhaps you're interested in essays and biographies and things like that. I think it's just important to just read as much as you can.

School Think You Important Fiction

But a girl of seventeen is not always thinking of books, especially in the Oxford summer term.

Mary Augusta Ward

Girl Thinking Summer Always Books

I did regret not graduating high school, but I made a point of going back and getting my GED later. It was important for my kids.

Christian Slater

School Regret High School Back High

Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways.

Time Appreciate Employees Will Take

As tradition, the female element clings to the old art and opposes anything new - precisely because each new art moves further away from the natural appearance of things.

Art Tradition Appearance New Old

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