Chris Abani Quotes

African narratives in the West, they proliferate. I really don't care anymore. I'm more interested in the stories we tell about ourselves - how, as a writer, I find that African writers have always been the curators of our humanity on this continent.

Chris Abani

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CareHumanityFindMoreAlwaysTell

I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes.

Jimi Hendrix

MistakesPeopleCopyWellBeen

Certainly I've had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another.

John Hawkes

ExperienceThinkingFindingPerson

Air travelers, of course, are famous for their hubris. They carry on too many bags and use the restroom when the seat-belt sign is on.

Meghan Daum

FamousHubrisAirCarrySignCourse

I'm more influenced by characters than standups. I love strong, comic women because it's so hard, and I have so much respect for anyone who can do it. I'm a big fan of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and people like that.

Amy Hoggart

LoveWomenRespectPeopleStrong

There has never been a failure of a currency board anywhere in the world. These are tough systems, and when I say they are foolproof, that's exactly the case.

Steve Hanke

FailureWorldToughSayNeverBeen

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

Stephen Covey

LifeResponsibilityKeyInitiative

For the last five years, we have been presented with the idea that Barack Obama is superhuman. Barack Obama is unlike any of us or anyone else. And he isn't. In fact, he's much less achieved and much less accomplished than most who have gotten half as far as he has, and I think maybe what we saw was the best.

Rush Limbaugh

BestThinkYearsHalfUsSaw

To see hundreds of people come out in the cold at the University of Missouri to block a few so-called Christians who came to protest against me shows you how love conquers hate.

Michael Sam

LoveHatePeopleMeColdYou

I love to cook, it's one of my most favorite things in the world. That's why I stopped being a vegetarian - I didn't want to serve people things I hadn't tasted myself.

Claudia Black

LoveMyselfPeopleWorldWantWhy

The world's made up of individuals who don't want to be heroes.

Brian Moore

WorldWantHeroesUpWhoMade

Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves.

Aung San Suu Kyi

FutureCommunityPeopleHelpWant

I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through.

Peter Straub

TrustMeFateBlindSeeThrough

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