Chinua Achebe Quotes

I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his powerless subjects. That's different from prescribing a way in which a writer should write.

Chinua Achebe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: November 16, 1930 - March 21, 2013

Topics

ThinkSomeoneArtistWayWrite

I am very proud of who I am and what I've been able to do and accomplish for my constituents.

Jim Gray

I AmProudAccomplishBeenAbleWho

Making sure that when my child went to school people were enlightened enough not to torture them, you know?

Jennifer Beals

SchoolChildPeopleEnoughYouKnow

I do not - I never believed it's better to kill a terrorist than to detain him. We want to detain as many terrorists as possible so we can elicit the intelligence from them in the appropriate manner so that we can disrupt follow-on terrorist attacks.

John O. Brennan

IntelligenceBetterWantPossible

Why is the world that I see around me mixed, and why is the world I see in movies filled with all white people? Why does it have to be like that?

John Leguizamo

PeopleMeWorldWhiteMoviesWhy

You have to understand the role the landlords are playing in shaping neighborhoods, how they potentially expand or reduce inequality, how their profits are a direct result of some tenant's poverty.

Matthew Desmond

PovertyResultYouInequalityRole

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

John Wooden

BrainyYouCannotInterfere

There are twice as many knitters as golfers in North America. Still, if you walk into any airport in North America, you can find a golf magazine but not a knitting magazine, even though you can't golf on a plane.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

WalkGolfAmericaYouFindAirport

I am Thomas Cromwell in the court of the Tudors.

Steve Bannon

I AmCourtAmThomas

I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor.

Simon Pegg

HumorThinkAmericanUnderstanding

Obama might think of himself as one, but he is not a dictator. We are not a banana republic yet. This is not an authoritarian form of government. This is a constitutional republic, and the president doesn't allow or disallow. The president can't buy or purchase.

Rush Limbaugh

GovernmentThinkAuthoritarianBanana

I love my name. I didn't used to when I was a kid. People called me Lucky Charms, after the breakfast cereal.

Lucky Blue Smith

LovePeopleBreakfastMeNameLucky

I personally think J-Cole is a better rapper than me; that's how I feel.

Joyner Lucas

MeThinkBetterFeelRapperI Feel

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