Teju Cole Quotes

I am a novelist. I traffic in subtleties, and my goal in writing a novel is to leave the reader not knowing what to think. A good novel shouldn't have a point.

Teju Cole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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We've achieved this feeling, for instance, with the colors. The colors in the park are harmonious with each other, not like in big cities where they don't.

John Hench

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After you've watched your dad beat the crap out of Charlie King or some other bad guy in about forty movies, you pretty much always said, 'Yes, sir,' and meant it.

John Ritter

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I really never saw an obstacle for me in taking leadership positions because, in a very ridiculous way, I thought, 'If Mary Robinson can do it then why can't I?'

Sinead Burke

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Orthodox chanting is non-emotional; it's very monotone.

Troy Polamalu

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Management don't really have any problem at all with firing people. It's a powerful idea that, If I'm not happy, I'll quit. I'll try something else!

Ron Livingston

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I definitely deserve to be trolled.

Mike Cernovich

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I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.

Michael Jordan

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Actors will say 'yes' to anything.

Michael Keaton

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Colbert makes me crazy: he's so funny. Plus, he seems like an extraordinarily decent dude.

Michael Keaton

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Hardworking Americans are fighting every day to provide for themselves and their families, and leave a more prosperous country for the next generation.

Luis Fortuno

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I show up in a playoff game, I have my sideline sheet. I can't even spit plays out, I get so excited. I mean, you get nervous. These are critical, do-or-die situations. Third down and 1, Red Zone, what do I call? Two minute drill? Are we going to go no huddle? These are decisions that you wrestle with.

Jon Gruden

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Westminster politics is very unattractive, and people are channelling political energy into more inward questioning - there are a lot of musicians whose songs are all about feeling, and it's almost like that's the only safe place to express yourself.

Johnny Flynn

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