Ayobami Adebayo Quotes

I don't suffer from SCD myself, but I do carry the gene. This means that if I married another person who carried the gene, there would be a danger our children would suffer from the disease.

Ayobami Adebayo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I know nothing about dogs except that I love them.

Joe Garagiola

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I only respond to Telemundo when it's about novellas, in regards to music or movies they have nothing to do with it; that's mine.

Jencarlos Canela

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When we work on a new theatre piece, we improvise a lot. But it's the opposite in opera, where everything is fixed.

Robert Lepage

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Oliver Queen/Green Arrow is a character whose core is about legacy and responsibility. And that all comes from his father and the responsibilities of living up to his legacy.

Jeff Lemire

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With most of my books, I'll actually go out and look at the setting. If you describe things carefully, it kind of makes the scene pop.

John Sandford

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My personality has two sides: a very social side and a reclusive side. I love writing fiction, although I can't imagine ever being locked up in a room writing all the time.

John Searles

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I'm trying to stay normal, that's all. But it's hard.

Stromae

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What did Sept. 11 do? It took me from 60-70 percent name recognition as mayor of New York to about 90 percent. Of course it had an impact. But it's not the only reason I was successful.

Rudy Giuliani

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Every Christmas, I cook an elaborate Mexican dinner.

Rumaan Alam

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The groups I liked, you really looked forward to their albums and you rushed to get them the first day, because you knew it was going to be different than what they did before. The records told you what that group was into at that time.

Mick Jones

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Films have always been youth oriented.

Dina Merrill

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Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job.

Christopher Durang

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