Chris Abani Quotes

I think a book that is over 400 pages should be split in two. I don't know that there's anything that interesting that can go on for 700 pages. I think that is a little bit indulgent.

Chris Abani

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.

Jeremy Bentham

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When all you can think of is your own personal problems, you have nothing to give to your society. If you're trying to figure out where your next meal is coming from, you can't go march on Washington.

Ani DiFranco

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I did not use a Cayman Island entity to avoid paying taxes for myself.

Steve Mnuchin

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I love winners when they cry, losers when they try.

Tom T. Hall

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One of the ideas behind doing this acoustic record is that I didn't want to have to produce it by committee.

Robyn Hitchcock

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New Guinea was sort of a graveyard for planes.

Mitchell Zuckoff

NewGuineaSortPlanesGraveyard

I don't like to see people get kicked around. You have to stand up for them.

Luis Alberto Urrea

PeopleStand UpStandYouSeeUp

Every How is carried by a What.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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Every shuttle mission's been successful.

Christa McAuliffe

MissionSuccessfulBeenEvery

I certainly feel injustice. I'm no foreigner to that, whether it's real or perceived.

Brad Pitt

FeelInjusticeRealForeigner

There are no war stories. I ended up a bombardier, but I never got overseas. And it wasn't because I was playing baseball either. It was just a series of things that went on.

Bobby Thomson

BaseballWarNeverUpPlayingJust

My message to women - including women of color - stand strong. Refuse to be minimized or patronized. Let all the small guys out there be intimidated by you.

Pramila Jayapal

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