Chris Abani Quotes

Fiction and poetry are my first loves, but the really beautiful lyrical essay can do so much that other forms cannot.

Chris Abani

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: December 27, 1966

Topics

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To be able to be a good actress and portray other people's stories, you have to be true to yourself.

Storm Reid

GoodYourselfPeopleYouBe True

I have so many great memories of the wrestling business. I've worked real hard to get to the top, and how many flukes and breaks to have happened that had allowed me to have the success that I did.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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The first time I drank LaCroix, I half expected it to be filled with self-tanner. Or Axe body spray.

Mary H.K. Choi

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I am a performer. I go on stage and make a fool of myself.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

Michel de Montaigne

SoulKindOthersOverSensesOnce

We seem to do better in the studio than we do in a live environment.

Josh Silver

LiveBetterEnvironmentSeemStudio

I haven't had to do anything outside of show business my whole life. I've never been a waiter. I've only worked and gotten paid. It hasn't been a classic example of someone slogging through the business.

Christopher Guest

LifeBusinessSomeoneNeverOutside

You always feel like you've got something to prove, whether it be to yourself or somebody else. I can think of plenty of people along the way telling me I'll be nothing, working at McDonald's, doing things like that. The whole time, you're just trying to prove them wrong.

Brooks Koepka

TimeYourselfPeopleMeThinkDoing

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

Anthony Trollope

MenThinkDecideMuchRarely

We want diversity in the cabinet. We want diversity reflected throughout the government.

Anthony Scaramucci

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I quite like the idea - just as an abstract idea - of 12 people's collective life experience and wisdom being this formidable thing. People say juries can be led - I think 12 people from different backgrounds, different races, different genders, different ages, it's hard to hoodwink.

Peter Morgan

LifeWisdomExperiencePeopleThink

I would never withhold information about the murder of my man Biggie, or anybody else. It's just silly and ridiculous. The accusations are just flying out. All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music.

Sean Combs

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