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Petina Gappah Quotes

I always say to people that Zimbabweans are the funniest people in Africa; we even laugh at funerals. And it's true. I mean, there are so many jokes about funerals. There are so many jokes about AIDS. We find ways of coping with pain by laughing at it and by laughing at ourselves.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: zimbabwean
Birth: 1971

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Pain People Laugh Find Say True

'The Blacklist' was really right place, right time. I read the script and met with Jon Bokenkamp, John Eisendrath, John Fox and John Davis, and we just hit it off. They understood that I was not so much trying to adapt to television, but adapt a cinematic style to the things that we were gonna do.

Time Style Trying Television Place

There are two different stories in horror: internal and external. In external horror films, the evil comes from the outside, the other tribe, this thing in the darkness that we don't understand. Internal is the human heart.

Heart Darkness Evil Understand Human

I don't think any war is worth having our soldiers killed.

War Think Worth Soldiers Our Having

People in Britain see Richard Quest as a kind of an offensive cartoon character.

Character People Kind See Quest

I have a couple of thick files about things that have gone wrong between people; I ought to write about them in the manner of a thriller. It would finally convince me that I was a real writer.

People Me Wrong Write Real Gone

In the business world and the volunteer world, each job has certain requirements that must be met in order for that job to be done properly and for that organization to survive and prosper.

Business Job Organization World Done

This is a frightening statistic. More people vote in 'American Idol' than in any US election.

People American Election Vote More

I attended first a military academy, then a public school in Beverly Hills, where we lived, and many of my classmates were the children of movie stars and studio executives.

Stars Children School Classmates

The Wyatt Family was a very special thing. The 3 of us came together at a perfect time. It was a perfect storm, and that rivalry with The Shield in 2014-2015 was a magical time.

Family Time Together Storm Perfect

I just enjoy playing in wind, grew up in it, and it makes the golf a bit more fun.

Louis Oosthuizen

Fun Wind Golf Enjoy More Up

I think colouring your hair is the best way to get a new look.

Best Hair Think Look New Way

My favorite scary movie was always 'Halloween.' I love that there's hidden emotion underneath Michael Myers' psychotic behavior. Plus, he has the best mask, hands-down.

Love Best Behavior Mask Emotion

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