Chris Abani Quotes

My books are often shelved around those of Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood, or Chimamanda Adichie and Monica Ali. All of this depends, of course, on the bookstore and how conversant the shelf stocker is with the alphabet.

Chris Abani

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I invented 'Top of the Pops' when I was a top-class DJ playing in dance halls and discotheques.

Jimmy Savile

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The fabric of a garden is determined as much by its textures as by its tonal range and architectural flair.

John Burnside

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Everyone is usually screwed up in some way and that is usually where the work comes in - figuring out how to make it believable and make it real to present someone's problems that you don't necessarily actually know anything about.

Anna Paquin

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I grew up completely overwhelmed by TV, and part of the reason why I have gone into television is as a way to justify to myself all those wasted hours of watching TV as a kid. I can now look back and say, 'Oh, that was research.'

Matt Groening

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I was now successful in proving that a direction of movement is localized in the cerebellum.

Robert Barany

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Come fight night, there will be nerves, but it's how you react to those nerves - doing what you need to regardless - that's how you win fights.

Robert Whittaker

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I've been going to the movies since I was 6 or 7 years old.

Michael Rooker

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About once a decade, it becomes necessary to remind Americans again that Ulysses S. Grant was a great man, indeed a giant figure. The usual way to try to do this is by publishing a thumping big biography, and let me say that there is nothing wrong with this, although it still hasn't worked.

Michael Korda

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People assume I'm a boiler ready to explode, but I actually have very low blood pressure, which is shocking to people.

Donald Trump

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I think a lot of women have felt really powerless.

Bozoma Saint John

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My art side is free and there are no strings attached.

Swizz Beatz

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I suppose I'm worried that someday there will be some exciting experiments to do, and there won't be anyone around who knows what experiments are.

Sheldon Lee Glashow

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