Chris Abani Quotes

I was born in 1966, at the beginning of the Biafran-Nigerian Civil War, and the war ended after three years. And I was growing up in school, and the federal government didn't want us taught about the history of the war, because they thought it probably would make us generate a new generation of rebels.

Chris Abani

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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HistoryBeginningGovernmentSchool

I used to think that, when I was a director, I would have a very specific vision of what everything would look like, but now I am more of a camp counselor.

Jill Soloway

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I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil.

Anil Kapoor

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I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.

Rosa Parks

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Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.

Michael Mandelbaum

MeAmericanYouFirstPolicyTask

No one seriously believes that cutting the minimum wage is good for workers.

Jason Kander

GoodSeriouslyMinimum WageWorkers

Whenever I played him, I played Superman as if I had a secret that nobody else knew.

Dean Cain

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It's like, hmm, there's people with $2000 weaves that could have bought health care with that weave money. They don't have insurance. People want what they want. And I guess that is a reason we have this big credit card problem and a lot of these foreclosures.

Chris Rock

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We need to pray and read the Bible every day, and regardless of whatever else happens to you, that tends to keep you close to Him, because you are constantly in touch through His Word.

Cliff Richard

DayBibleYouEvery DayTouchNeed

I think we have challenges, but we have so many opportunities to get it right. I like it when we have a little bit of a headwind. The kite actually lifts when you have a headwind and doesn't when there is lift from the back.

Borje Ekholm

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With any entertainment business, you sort of have to be OK with just going with it. I've learned very much to just go with the flow and see what happens with my life, and what happens happens.

Aubrey Peeples

LifeBusinessMy LifeYouGoFlow

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Plato

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It was at Juilliard that I realized that being a singer encompasses so many things that I am interested in. Literature, languages, physics, history, art. You really get to explore so many things.

Susanna Phillips

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