Ayobami Adebayo Quotes

When I was in my late teens, a couple of friends passed away suddenly. This was quite distressing, but after a while, as tends to happen when one is once or twice removed from grief, I stopped thinking about them all the time.

Ayobami Adebayo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: January 29, 1988

Topics

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I don't need to do only one thing, you know? Even in the entertainment industry, nobody's 'just a singer.'

Jessica Jung

YouNobodyKnowEntertainmentNeed

Prince didn't want to celebrate birthdays but to live life, to elevate and educate to the next level of enlightenment.

Mayte Garcia

LifeLiveLive LifeCelebrateWant

I had always been the theater nerd at Northwestern University. I knew I wanted to do acting, but I hated the idea of being this cliche - a girl from L.A. who decides to be an actress.

Meghan Markle

GirlActingAlwaysUniversityBeen

I'm gonna do between 75 and 100 dates. A lot of it will be in Laughlin, Nevada; I'll be there for two weeks. And I'll work some casinos here and there, and the fair dates.

Mel Tillis

WorkWillFairTwoHereDates

The only reason I got into movies was because I had no music talent.

John Hughes

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Better late than never.

Matthew Henry

BetterLateNeverThan

With the violin, for example, one understands culturally that the sound comes from the instrument that can be seen. With electronic music, it is not the same at all. That's why it seemed so important to me, from the beginning of my career, to invent a grammar, a visual vocabulary adapted to electronic music.

Jean-Michel Jarre

MusicBeginningMeCareerImportant

When I'm finished with a film, I've been living with it, we've been dubbing it, recording to it, and so on. You walk out of the studio and, 'Ah, it's finished.'

John Williams

WalkYouLivingOutFilmBeen

Makonnen is a good dude. It's just good energy when he's around.

Metro Boomin

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My favorite video to film was 'Work It' because it began the incredible road ahead. Missy was protective and thoughtful of us kids, removing us from the mature scenes and using the clean version when we filmed.

Alyson Stoner

WorkRoadThoughtfulMatureAhead

A lot of performing instincts are involved in the business of direction, but so is analysis and having a sense of literature.

Trevor Nunn

BusinessDirectionLiteratureSense

I never felt terribly comfortable in the public eye.

Molly Ringwald

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