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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

To return to the books of my childhood is to yield to the strain of nostalgia that is curious about the self I once was.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Childhood Curious Self Nostalgia

I was never a good student. I had to be dragged into kindergarten. It was hard to sit and listen to somebody talk. I wanted to be out, educated by experience and adventure, and I didn't know how to express that.

Good Experience Adventure Student

Sit with silence a lot - real silence, where nothing is happening - because you learn so much in those moments of quiet.

Silence Learn Moments You Quiet Sit

My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 - that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the one I am most proud of. Xavi chipped the ball to me, I chested it down, twisted and hit an overhead kick. It was the final goal in a 4-0 win.

Best I Am Me Win Proud Goal

I sang so many beautiful compositions, but 'Rockstar' was indeed magic.

Beautiful Magic Many Indeed Sang

I think heroes are the people that go into houses when they're on fire and save people in hospitals.

Fire People Think Go Heroes Houses

I've loved all forms of animation.

Loved Animation Forms

I take things that are worn out through overuse, that have become cliches - like the shed, a traditional place of rest and retreat - and I give them a more incandescent future.

Cornelia Parker

Future Rest Place Become More Out

There's very little proof that Obama or anyone in his administration - particularly Hillary Clinton - truly understands or believes the tenets in the U.S. Constitution or the Declaration of Independence. If they did, they would know that they are running a federal government in direct contradiction to both of those sacred documents.

Government Constitution Independence

Everyone tells us you really don't know what you're capable of till you're in the middle of it.

You Know Everyone Capable Us Middle

Grissom is pretty asexual. He's not that interested in anything other than work - except for Lady Heather. She's the closest to getting his heart of anyone.

William Petersen

Work Heart Lady She Anything Pretty

Congress has an obligation to clear the legal fog by passing my bill to require the federal government to obtain a warrant if it wants to conduct aerial surveillance.

Government Fog Legal Congress Clear

Sometimes that happens. I know how it feels to lose eight or nine to nothing. It can be frustrating but it was good for us. This was a team that was hot the last nine games. It seemed like any puck we touched went our way.

Good Team Lose Know Sometimes Way

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