Ayobami Adebayo Quotes

When I started working on 'Stay With Me,' I thought it would take two years to complete the novel.

Ayobami Adebayo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MeThoughtTwoYearsTakeStarted

By the nature of fashion, you're only as good as your last collection, so I'm constantly striving to be better, so I don't look at it as if I've made it.

Jeremy Scott

NatureGoodFashionBetterYouLook

If things don't work out with one person, there's many other people to replace you with online.

Jennifer Coolidge

WorkPeopleYouPersonOutThings

I'm a former hippie, so clothes are important to me - your clothes defined you in that period. I guess clothes still defines people. But, I change a lot. I'm in my Brooks Brothers period now.

John Hughes

ChangePeopleMeClothesYouNow

Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym.

Rodney King

PositiveLoveGoodDayGood DayGym

After I had been working as a cap maker for three years it began to dawn on me that we girls needed an organization. The men had organized already, and had gained some advantages, but the bosses had lost nothing, as they took it out on us.

Rose Schneiderman

MenMeOrganizationDawnLostThree

Yesterday NPR fired me for telling the truth. The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims. This is not a bigoted statement. It is a statement of my feelings, my fears after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by radical Muslims.

Juan Williams

TruthI AmPeopleMeAirplaneWorry

You know, the taxing authority of the United States is our most powerful weapon. You know, the reason we separated from England was because the British were using it abusively.

Judd Gregg

YouPowerfulKnowAuthorityReason

That's what keeps me going: dreaming, inventing, then hoping and dreaming some more in order to keep dreaming.

Joseph Barbera

DreamsMeMoreOrderGoingDreaming

The fact of the matter is, this country is not going to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. What are we supposed to do with them? What are we supposed to do with these kids?

Jose Antonio Vargas

ImmigrantsCountryMatterGoingKids

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.

Douglas William Jerrold

RespectManMoonLookNewWill

Portland in particular is a cheap enough place to live that you can still develop your passion - painting, writing, music. People seem less status-conscious. Even wealthy people buy second-hand clothes and look a little bit homeless.

Chuck Palahniuk

LiveMusicPassionPeoplePainting

I learned patience, perseverance, and dedication. Now I really know myself, and I know my voice. It's a voice of pain and victory.

Anthony Hamilton

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