Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes

I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens.

Binyavanga Wainaina

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Sometimes I can't stop myself from buying things just because I see them - even when I don't really need them.

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When we say, even in a global village, that all politics is local, we mean that national sovereignties are the only reliable source of political authority.

Michael Ignatieff

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I was a horrible limo driver: I ran out of gas with passengers in the back and I used to get lost on a regular basis.

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I've started confiding in people, other artists mostly, that I hate making 'South Park,' and I always have. It's super stressful. I'm always miserable.

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When I'm not working, I spend a lot of time on my hair. When it's time for my hair to get some rest, I either wear it in a ponytail, bun or my favorite 'milkmaid' braid.

Tracee Ellis Ross

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Conservatives, despite their increasingly powerful presence on cable TV and talk radio, feel excluded and disregarded by the longstanding preponderance of liberal voices on public television.

Michael Medved

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What farmers require is, that the prices should be moderate, and the markets steady; and for this reason I did, in 1826, 1827, and 1828, take the course which I would now recommend to the House.

Joseph Hume

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When I went to college, I went to a junior college. I wanted to go to the University of Alabama but had to go to junior college first to get my GPA up. I did a half-year of junior college, then dropped out and had my daughter. College was always an opportunity to go back. But she, my daughter, was my support. I gave up everything for her.

Deontay Wilder

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I think you can lose yourself more easily in a film than in the theater.

Pauline Collins

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I didn't like the 'Survivor' shows because of the mean-spirited aspect, and women certainly were part of whatever conflict they would create.

Sharon Lawrence

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