Chiwetel Ejiofor Quotes

I was already devouring literature and I was the ripe old age of 15 when I decided to be an actor. I just thought plays were the most fantastic way of expressing life. I thought I'd discovered Shakespeare - 'hey, there's a new guy in town, don't know if anyone's read him.' I was just excited about the whole thing, from day one.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: July 10, 1974

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The hottest new attraction at Disney World has got to be the new Last Airbender ride.

Andrew Shaffer

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It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

John Locke

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I have a number of places on my wish list, including Antarctica, the Norwegian fjords, and the Amazon. I have a passion for wilderness, and Siberia is on my list - however, that may be a bridge too far.

Robert Powell

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It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the truth,' and so it goes away. Puzzling.

Robert M. Pirsig

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A modern fascination with the fantastic seems to come along every couple of generations, usually at a point when we're future saturated.

Steve Erickson

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In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

Stephen Leacock

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John Cena has done well for himself.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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Before I started on 'Borgen', people introduced me to some great American box-sets to convince me that TV could be good. I now watch them all the time. Amy Poehler is very funny in 'Parks and Recreation' and 'In Treatment,' with Gabriel Byrne, is also really good.

Sidse Babett Knudsen

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Pop music is what touches me the most.

Sigrid

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Sometimes I feel like both; sometimes I feel like neither. Sometimes I feel like something else completely. Gender-wise, I identify as a non-binary person, which means not male, not female.

Liv Bruce

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The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.

Julia Cameron

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I was writing all my childhood. And I wrote two novels when I was 17, which were terrible. And I'm not sorry I threw them out. So, I wrote. I had to write. You know, the thing was, I had no education.

Doris Lessing

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