Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes

Every human being has a bit of gangster in him.

Binyavanga Wainaina

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: kenyan
  • Birth: January 18, 1971

Topics

GangsterHumanHimHuman BeingBeing

Christ died for the truth.

Jim Caviezel

TruthChristDied

To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before.

Jessica Lange

TryingActingDoneNeverStayStuff

It's an American worker's right to unionize for sure, but that being said, don't expect me not to point out when or if union leadership takes advantage of union members.

Joe Wurzelbacher

LeadershipMeAmericanSaidRight

In the beginning, everybody that gets to work with me, thinks I'm nice. But three weeks later, they hear a bell ringing. Then they realise I meant everything I said during that first week. It's not my fault people are not taking me serious from the first moment.

Andrew Eldritch

WorkMomentBeginningPeopleMe

We need a really credible perspective toward long-term de-carbonization.

Angela Merkel

PerspectiveNeedLong-TermCredible

I don't know exactly what is my impact, but I can say I am doing fashion my own way.

Jean Paul Gaultier

I AmFashionImpactDoingI CanSay

Eating is a necessity but a pleasure as well.

Robert Battle

EatingPleasureNecessityWell

Some people are meant to be bigger, and that's okay. Because if everybody was built the same, it would be a little boring. We enjoy the differences in each other, and I think that's what makes all of us beautiful.

Michelle Carter

BeautifulPeopleThinkEnjoyBoring

'Negro' can refer to anyone with dark hair as well as dark skin, and I've been used to the word being used in Spanish in this way all my life.

Luis Suarez

LifeHairMy LifeDarkSkinWay

I've definitely become much more aware of physical stunts.

Lucy Liu

BecomeMoreAwarePhysicalStunts

If I read not amiss, this powerful race will move down upon Mexico, down upon Central and South America, out upon the islands of the sea, over upon Africa and beyond. And can any one doubt that the results of this competition of races will be the 'survival of the fittest?'

Josiah Strong

SeaCompetitionSurvivalPowerful

Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

AgeYouthLivingOnlyNeedsReasons

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