Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

I think the history of western feminism is one that is fraught with racism, and I think it's important to acknowledge that and, at the same time, to say that feminism is not the western invention, that my great-grandmother in what is now south-western Nigeria is feminist.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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One day I was talking about what I was going to do next, and just found myself announcing it: 'I'm going to write a book about my father.'

John Burnside

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Children enhance you.

Melanie Griffith

ChildrenYouEnhance

Well first of all it's a business and it's a tough business, and you have to have the strength to survive all the set backs all the failures that make this a mean business, that's getting meaner and meaner every year in my opinion.

Robert Redford

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I'm blessed, I can afford to send my children to private school.

Spike Lee

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There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.

Sonia Sotomayor

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How blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver in comparison with those of guilt.

Robert Blair

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We need people out talking about the President, explaining, agreeing with and praising his actions.

Robert Teeter

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At the end of the day, if you don't have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write songs. You're still an artist. That's something no one can take away.

Janis Ian

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The American people do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it.

Chris Bell

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To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.

Clifton Fadiman

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I think working with the primal elements of fire and earth appealed greatly to my father because of the almost magical results.

Claude Picasso

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So my advice is to always choose something simpler - an expressive outfit, plus a hat, can be frightening.

Philip Treacy

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