Ayobami Adebayo Quotes

My mother used to laugh that if they asked me to clean up my room, I would spend so much time reading every tiny bit of paper, a receipt or whatever, instead of throwing it in the trash.

Ayobami Adebayo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MotherTimeMeReadingLaughTrash

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

John Ray

YouRunWillRightOverSit

Beautiful tunes are all very good and fine, and great musicians are always great, but that alone isn't enough. Most folks, when they see movies or hear records, need something that they find pulls them in, draws them in, and appeals to them beyond just the notes.

Ry Cooder

GoodAloneBeautifulGreatMusicians

Truth is immortal; error is mortal.

Mary Baker Eddy

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I wouldn't wish any specific thing for any specific person - it's none of my business. But the idea that a four-year degree is the only path to worthwhile knowledge is insane. It's insane.

Mike Rowe

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Bilingualism opens doors and provides opportunity to our children so they can shine and become successful in a labor market that is increasingly competitive and globalized.

Luis Fortuno

OpportunityChildrenShineDoorsOur

Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that the tempos were going to go from slow to almost mid-tempo.

Jules Shear

BeginningSlowGuitarGoGoing

Terrible things happen all of the time, and they can happen in a second. The best thing is to be prepared to react. If you try to control every little thing, you're going to end up miserable - and you're going to fail.

Jason Isbell

TimeBestControlEndYouReact

'Game of Thrones' is wonderful. My theory is they employ all these British actors because, one, they are like me and grateful. Two, we turn up, and we know our lines. Three, we don't demand a 60 ft. Winnebago and PA, and four, largely we are very uncomplaining.

Diana Rigg

GratefulMeGameKnowThreeTurn

Congress is dysfunctional.

Bob Filner

CongressDysfunctional

If Scott Brown can win in a state that President Obama won by 26 points, I can win in a district that Obey won by just 20 points against an unknown, underfunded challenger in the Democratic landslide of 2008. It means there is not a single Democrat in the country who is safe.

Sean Duffy

WinI CanCountryUnknownPresident

Being an actress and a singer, you get more 'nos' than you get 'yes.' You get more rejection than you do anything else.

LeToya Luckett

RejectionYouMoreSingerAnything

I don't write lyrics. I hear the track and sing in gibberish over it, then I try and fit words into the phrasing and melody that I already have set. Everything is left to chance.

Kelela

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