Ayobami Adebayo Quotes

I used to think that most published writers, the ones I admired, had a muse, or a special connection to the universe, to nature, or to aliens - something inaccessible to me that caused their prose to flow onto the page, already perfect.

Ayobami Adebayo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NatureMeThinkUniversePerfect

I like to be out of my depth - that's when I learn the most.

Jessie Buckley

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Car accidents kill so many of us; we're not going to give up cars, so it seems like we ought to make them harder to crash.

John Gruber

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To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

John Dewey

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No one believes that they're a bad person at the end of the day.

Max Joseph

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I give a tremendous amount of weight to the mental aspect of physical activity and what it does for me.

Ann Bancroft

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Nothing says 'economic growth' like fundamental tax reform.

Jeb Hensarling

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I decided that if I was going to continue in track, that I didn't want to lose, that I wasn't going to lose.

Steve Prefontaine

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I am one who believes that we are, in fact, engaged in a worldwide war against terrorism. We must have the serenity to accept the fact that war is not going to go away if we ignore it.

Robert Foster Bennett

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Obviously, I want it to be legally downloaded, and I myself have spent a fortune on iTunes because, for me, that's the easiest way to get music.

Joshua Bell

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You've got to give loyalty down, if you want loyalty up.

Donald T. Regan

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Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.

Anthony J. D'Angelo

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Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

Wislawa Szymborska

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