Luvvie Ajayi Quotes

Working 16-hour days to ensure that I can pay my bills has been a bulk of my entrepreneurship life. And on days when I don't, odds are I'm running to the airport.

Luvvie Ajayi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Back in my mid-20s I was told I'd never be able to have children as I wasn't having periods. Doctors tried to start up my monthly cycles, but when nothing worked, they actually offered me a hysterectomy. Without it, they said I might get ovarian cancer in the future. I chose not to have the operation, and am so glad I didn't.

Jill Scott

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I've worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn't really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively.

Jessica Lange

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It's always difficult to be a traveling musician and still keep things together.

Anderson East

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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.

Andre Maurois

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I watch people constantly.

Ron Moody

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I've had two cancer bouts in my years on the Court, and the first one, Justice O'Connor told me, 'Now, you do the chemotherapy on Friday because you'll get over it during the weekend and you can be back in court on Monday.'

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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From an eternal perspective, the only death that is truly premature is the death of one who is not prepared to meet God.

Russell M. Nelson

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Estimates show that small businesses contribute 60-80 percent of the net new jobs annually.

Mike Simpson

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There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.

Coretta Scott King

HistoryGreatMomentBeginningMan

Getting one bill passed is close to impossible. Ask any kid who has spent a summer in Washington, or better yet a semester, and can't understand how people tolerate its menu of constant frustration. Imagine mastering it.

Susan Estrich

PeopleImpossibleFrustrationBetter

When you're improvising, it's fun to find something that you can lean on that is similar to your life experience. In my opinion, that's very helpful.

Mark Duplass

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Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without the thorn.

Martin Amis

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