Chris Abani Quotes

Every successful artist comes from a family - parents or siblings or both - who, although equally gifted, chose not to pursue the treacherous and difficult path of the artist.

Chris Abani

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I know that I'm a decent actor, but it's another thing to be in a scene with Jon Hamm and hold your own.

Jessica Pare

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I was never the girl who yearned for children. I pretended to be interested in other people's kids, but that was obviously just an act.

Jenny Mollen

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I'm ambitious. I do think you have a tendency to be less happy sometimes when you're a seeker. You can be disenchanted because you're not getting what you want, and you're always striving and looking ahead instead of just being in the moment.

Matt Dillon

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I've always had influences from all over the place, like Mr. Bungle and Primus. As a band, we try not to focus too much on where it's coming from, because we're always listening to music.

Johnny Christ

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Coaching is very complex: it's like a puzzle, and many things need to come together to make it work.

Stan Wawrinka

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I always felt like the 'outsider' kind of kid.

Tom King

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My approach to public service is straightforward: I fight every day for New Jersey families, small businesses, veterans, and seniors and work to change the way business is done in Washington.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

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While jobs, education, and healthcare rank among the top issues for Latino voters, immigration is a threshold issue.

Luis Gutierrez

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I am always the source of the worst rumors about myself.

Jonathan Ames

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At heart, I'm a reconstructive surgeon.

Joseph Murray

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I just talk about the funny things in my life, and the idea is that my observations reflect the lives of my audience - so people are really laughing at themselves. This is the theory, anyway, and I am aware that in print, that it doesn't appear to be very funny. But it is, and I am definitely funny.

Dominic Holland

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Wrestlers are a bunch of wanna-be football players.

Brian Bosworth

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