Luvvie Ajayi Quotes

I feel like my career is to speak truth to power, and a lot of times, that sounds like troublemaking. If speaking truth is troublemaking, then yes, I will consider myself a professional at that.

Luvvie Ajayi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: January 5, 1985

Topics

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I don't even read the papers. I read 'USA Today' because it has color photos.

Jimmy Fallon

TodayColorBecauseReadEvenUSA

I really thought I wanted to be a lawyer, but then I had an epiphany when I was in law school and dropped out. I'd always been a journalism junkie, but I'd never had confidence to think that I could actually edit or write the stories.

Jodi Kantor

ConfidenceSchoolLawLawyerThink

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.

Jessamyn West

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Fashion is chaotic, and it can be an aggravation, too, but it is at its best when it allows you to express yourself.

John Malkovich

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To be honest, I think kids have got a lot more going on than adults. They've got their heads screwed on a lot better.

Amy Winehouse

ThinkBetterMoreHonestGoingKids

I'm blind in my left eye. Contrary to what people say, it is not a glass eye, so I have to protect my eyes at all cost.

Stuart Scott

EyesPeopleEyeBlindSayGlass

I always wonder what my life would be like if I had parents like the other kids who went to my high school.

Stormy Daniels

LifeSchoolParentsHigh SchoolHigh

In rock climbing, people get strong enough, and then they pick goals they can do with their strengths at that moment.

Tommy Caldwell

GoalsMomentPeopleStrongEnough

If CEO compensation was performance-driven, which I believe it was in IBM's case, nobody would ever argue. If the shareholders didn't make billions and billions of dollars, I wouldn't make millions of dollars. My salary was the same for 10 years. It was all performance-based.

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

BelieveNobodySalaryI BelieveSame

One day I'm lugging walls back and forth in Louisville, and the next day I'm at Cannes giving interviews next to Ben Kingsley. I'm nowhere near cynical or jaded enough not to be incredibly thrilled by that.

Chris Eigeman

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Perhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.

Brian Eno

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I really like 'This Side of Paradise' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I think it's a cool description of a character.

Bridgit Mendler

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