Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes

There's no point for me in being a writer and having all these blocked places where I feel I can't think freely and imagine freely. There just really is no point.

Binyavanga Wainaina

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MeThinkFeelPlacesPointBlocked

Sometimes I can tackle an issue -homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty - and wrap a good story around it. These are the best books, the ones with a story and a message.

John Grisham

GoodBestDeathStoryInsurance

I don't have any training as an actor, but I guess I'm an intense pretender. When you read something over and over, it gets into you a little bit. You can't help but begin to feel it, even if you're a healthy person as I think I am.

John Hawkes

TrainingI AmThinkFeelHelpYou

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world.

Max Weber

WorldFateAboveOurDisenchantment

The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability.

Mercy Otis Warren

WarLateCooperationMoreAbility

I have a healthy relationship with food. My problem is, as a comic, I eat dinner late. But I'll have a smoothie for breakfast every morning, and I keep it pretty low-carb and healthy during the day. At night, I'll have a basic protein, quinoa, and vegetables.

Amy Schumer

MorningRelationshipFoodDayDinner

We talked about some of our experiences, focusing, hanging together down the stretch, important games. It's not necessarily who has the most talent but what team sticks together and executes their fundamentals the best.

Tony Dungy

BestTogetherTalentTeamDown

Every day of my life is a dream goal.

Tony Rock

LifeDayMy LifeLife Is AGoal

In choosing a president, we really don't choose a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. We choose a leader.

Rudy Giuliani

LeaderChoosePresidentConservative

There are some people who have stayed with us our whole career, which is pretty cool too.

Mike McCready

PeopleCoolCareerSome PeopleUs

In 'Breaking Bad,' we have a lead character who definitely finds himself in a situation he would never have expected to find himself in normally.

Michelle MacLaren

CharacterBadFindSituationNever

I remember the first time I received a cassette tape of a band called The Clash. I became an instant fan of the Clash and then bought their albums after that and went to their concerts and gave them my money... but I first got it for free.

Michael Moore

TimeMoneyFreeRememberFirst Time

Our people can draw on the tremendous strides made in recent years, not only in terms of advancing themselves spiritually and materially, but also in having weathered social and economic turbulence, triggered, in the main, by factors not of their own creation.

Denzil Douglas

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