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Nnedi Okorafor Quotes

I love writing about monsters and food.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Love Food Writing Monsters About

I do so play an instrument! I play air! I play the air with my fingers, and I'm in touch with the deepest emotions within. It took me a while to learn that whatever I feel like doing is the right thing. If I want to play an invisible instrument, I will.

Me Feel Learn Doing Emotions Play

When I lived in Minneapolis in my twenties, and my mom lived there, too, I used to take her 'storm chasing' - by which I mean I'd see a pulsing blob of radar on The Weather Channel and make her drive us toward the storm.

Storm Mom Weather Drive Mean See

I love going to the movie theatre, seeing live comedy, and going to amusement parks.

Jennette McCurdy

Love Live Theatre Comedy Seeing

In the Premier League, we have to play a lot, and we always need the support of the fans.

Support Play Need Always Fans Lot

Unemployment, low wages, and poverty discourage family formation and erode family stability, making it less likely that individuals will marry in the first place and more likely that their marriages will dissolve.

Stephanie Coontz

Family Poverty Place Will First Low

And we should keep our minds open, or at least ajar, to concepts on the fringe of science fiction. Flaky American futurologists aren't always wrong. They remind us that a superintelligent machine is the last instrument that humans may ever design - the machine will itself take over in making further steps.

Science Design American Wrong Will

The 55% of American households that make less than $40,000 will get a tax break of only $7 while the households that make more than $1 million will receive an average tax break of $32,000.

American Tax Will More Break Get

To be able to make a living doing what I love is truly a gift, and I'm thankful for that every day.

Love Thankful Day Love Is Gift Able

When I first set out to do it, I wanted to be a working actor, and now it seems like it's superseded even my dreams.

Dreams Now Actor First Out Working

You hear it said time and time again by successful directors: You have to make a movie for yourself. Don't make it for anyone else.

Time Yourself You Said Successful

If Albert Einstein was right, Cal Ripken should have been a CEO or politician rather than a shortstop, because Ripken led by example over and over... and over again.

Right Over Example Politician Been

I also often hear people say that the deck is stacked against them because of racism, sexism, or other oppressive 'isms.' But once you let go of the blame and excuses, you'll see that you can alter your position on your own.

Racism People Blame Excuses You Go

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