Ayobami Adebayo Quotes

There's a Yoruba proverb which roughly translates into, 'What turns its face to one person has turned its back on the other.' It's always made me think about how deeply subjective our experience of the world can be.

Ayobami Adebayo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ExperienceMeWorldFaceThinkBack

When you're onstage and the audience is smiling and singing and bopping along and you're all on the same level, it's the best feeling in the world. It may sound dumb and corny to say it, but it's like pure love.

Joan Jett

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Bradbury was the one guy who was published in places like the 'Saturday Evening Post.' He was the guy who brought science fiction to the masses. If he hadn't existed, science fiction would have been a well-kept secret in literature instead of a widely consumed phenomenon.

Robert J. Sawyer

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Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

John Singer Sargent

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It's always boiled down to the quality of your music and the quality of your deal with whoever's distributing your music: There are artists who sold a lot of records and didn't make money because of their deal, and artists who didn't sell nearly as much who made a great living because they own their masters.

Troy Carter

MusicGreatMoneyQualityDownOwn

If I write a song, I'm gonna end up singing it. If I sing it, I gotta dance to it.

Trevor Jackson

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What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.

Tony Robbins

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If you can find a way to make a living doing something you enjoy, or a range of things that you enjoy, then it can scarcely be called work.

Tom Hodgkinson

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A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

Robert Frost

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Since I came here I've been treated awesome, in all aspects. I really enjoy playing here.

Mats Sundin

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I don't have the experience of being in a war.

Mary Gauthier

ExperienceWarBeing

All of our political parties are bought and paid for by corporate America, Wall Street, and the wealthy interests. The Republican Party more so, but the Democrats take their share of the loot, too.

Michael Moore

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When I was a child, I was referred to as the Danny Kaye of the family, because I was always impersonating and mimicking people. I was a song and dance man.

Jason Mantzoukas

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