Chinua Achebe Quotes

The most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room.

Chinua Achebe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeMyselfWorldMy LifeSeeing

I am looking for unknowns who are passionate and mission-based. But I don't try to tout the next great thing I want to get in front of, because I don't set that course. The entrepreneurs do that.

Jim Goetz

GreatI AmLookingWantPassionate

I don't like when actors go around and talk a ton about how they approach their roles, because it's a little like pulling the curtain back on Oz, for me.

Jim Parrack

MeBackGoTalkLittleBecause

I'm angry when we have to use state dollars to fill holes in our low-income heating assistance program because there isn't enough support from Washington.

Jodi Rell

AngrySupportEnoughWashingtonOur

I'm curious about the mix of the effortless bohemian thing with the very modern.

Matthew Williamson

CuriousModernBohemianEffortless

I was appalled and shocked that Bush used the State of the Union to attack same-sex marriages and indicated that he would support a constitutional amendment.

Jean O'Leary

SupportAmendmentUsedAttackUnion

Sports and education, I think they overlap.

Jaylen Brown

EducationSportsThinkI Think

I'm not a song and dance man, so you're not going to see me on 'Glee' anytime soon. If you want that show to continue, keep me far away from it.

Dean Cain

DanceManMeSongYouFar Away

It was not easy for my mother, being a struggling actress and raising a child. We were these two sort of vagabonds, never knowing where the money was going to come from. She always says she couldn't afford a babysitter, which is why she put me on the stage.

Christina Applegate

MotherMoneyChildMeEasyWhy

I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that's the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set up - either religious or social laws - become meaningless.

Bruce Springsteen

SocietyThinkYouBecomeRightUp

I never thought I am a stylish. For me, style is always a representation of what you want to wear but doing it in a unique way and expressing yourself. Every girl loves to be stylish.

Priyanka Chopra

GirlStyleYourselfI AmMeStylish

I don't surf the web very much.

Tyler Blackburn

WebMuchVerySurf

I know my own father's business was very dependent on the goodwill and business and trade from people in northern Mexico. We knew their families and went to their weddings and baptisms and balls and picnics, and we had a great time with them.

Linda Ronstadt

FatherBusinessGreatTimePeople

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