Nnedi Okorafor Quotes

I would try to write 'realistic' fiction, and someone would fly, or there would be a black hole full of demons or a girl who attracted frogs.

Nnedi Okorafor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: April 8, 1974

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'Have fun' is my message. Be silly. You're allowed to be silly. There's nothing wrong with it.

Jimmy Fallon

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I think the 'New York Times' would rather be offended than dead.

Jesse Watters

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I have two speeds, nothing and full pelt.

Andre Rieu

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I never went to school to study acting, so I'm doing this purely on feeling, and I give it my all.

Mia Goth

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I would like to have won a Tony, I guess, because I have always thought of myself as a theater person. But I've won my share of awards, so I don't worry about it.

Stephen Schwartz

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There was no demonstration of love I could read as a little boy.

Stewart Stern

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To suggest things may be going on in our brains that we aren't fully conscious of, that we unknowingly make classist, sexist and racist presumptions... Well, there just aren't many comfortable ways to take that. And in the face of discomfort comes the mask of defence.

Michaela Coel

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TV has gotten perhaps better than your average film script, but at the same time, it's fun to give it all you've got for a few months and produce a story.

Michiel Huisman

TimeFunStoryBetterYouSame

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.

Minor White

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We need to know how to handle the criticism.

Jose Aldo

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I was almost expecting the Olympics to be the biggest thing ever, but it wasn't. It was just another race.

Jonathan Brownlee

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The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.

Deborah Norville

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