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Teju Cole Quotes

We have for too long been taught that the sight of a man speaking to himself is a sign of eccentricity or madness; we are no longer at all habituated to our own voices, except in conversation or from within the safety of a shouting crowd.

Teju Cole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: nigerian
Birth: June 27, 1975

Topics

Man Safety Madness Long Conversation

We live in the world's greatest democracy; we want for nothing. And that which we want, we can work toward achieving.

Joe Garcia

Work Live Democracy World Achieving

My sound comes from my inspiration, which is people like Aretha and Jay Z and Kanye, as well as everyone from the Whitneys and Mariahs to Destiny's Child and Usher. They all inspired me growing up.

Jess Glynne

Child People Me Growing Up Destiny

Guilt can stop us from taking healthy care of ourselves.

Melody Beattie

Care Guilt Stop Healthy Us Taking

For me as a Welsh actor, Richard Burton is one of my biggest idols. And I've got so many: Peter O'Toole, Laurence Olivier and Oliver Reed. If they got 'Hunky Dory' and 'Citadel' offered to them, they would do completely different jobs on both of them.

Aneurin Barnard

Me Actor Got Different Would Idols

There is nothing more American than acknowledging that even if we don't agree politically, even if we don't agree with the president, even if we don't like each other, all of us have the same rights.

Ana Navarro

American Nothing President More Same

Amazon has done something for all of retail, which is resetting the customer expectations about how quickly and easily you can get things.

Mary Dillon

Expectations Customer You Done Get

Perhaps crisis forces commonality of purpose on one another.

Michelle Dean

Purpose Crisis Forces Perhaps

I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I'm eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-90-year old.

Michelle Obama

Health Myself Woman I Am Fly Eating

The American people I talk to don't spend every moment thinking, 'How can I tax my neighbor more than they're being taxed?' They say, 'How can I get a good job? How can my kids get good jobs? How can seniors have a confidence in their future when they know that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are bankrupt?'

Mitt Romney

Good Confidence Future Moment Job

This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem.

Judy Davis

Age Parents Generation Problem First

I like challenges.

Jared Harris

Challenges Like

There's something about a roller coaster that triggers strong feelings, maybe because most of us associate them with childhood. They're inherently cinematic; the very shape of a coaster, all hills and valleys and sickening helices, evokes a human emotional response.

Diablo Cody

Childhood Strong Feelings Human Us