Ayobami Adebayo Quotes

I admire Toni Morrison, Wole Soyinka, Margaret Atwood, James Baldwin, Elizabeth Strout, D. O. Fagunwa, Sefi Atta, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Colm Toibin and Junot Diaz. It's a long list that keeps growing.

Ayobami Adebayo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations or pick pockets.

Robert Shea

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Theatre is a living organism. You only know if your show is working when you see it with an audience. You can also tell when it isn't working - it's horrible, and you desperately try to figure out how to make it connect.

John Tiffany

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As important as it is to learn how to deal with different kinds of people, truly toxic people will never be worth your time and energy - and they take a lot of each. Toxic people create unnecessary complexity, strife, and, worst of all, stress.

Travis Bradberry

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As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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I don't need a diet pill. I need something that gives you an electric shock when you reach for food.

Joy Behar

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I just couldn't imagine hitting a child. But in 'The Slap' it's an extreme situation. You have to ask yourself - would you step in if a child was out of control?

Jonathan LaPaglia

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I would read fishing reports on the road and then it just occurred to me: I should go to sea school and get my captain's license, see if I can get paid to be out here every day.

Dean Ween

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The scariest film in the world is 'Rosemary's Baby.'

Chris Eigeman

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Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum?

Christopher Marlowe

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Emotionally, a person is tied to the land of his birth. It's only human.

Sharad Pawar

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Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders.

Thomas Sowell

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I just didn't see any toys that looked like me when I was a kid.

Tiya Sircar

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