Teju Cole Quotes

Religion is close to theatre; much of its power comes from the effects of staging and framing.

Teju Cole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need.

Jesse Owens

LifePracticeYouNeedGiveRaces

To stay around any place you love, you have to have a job. In college at Georgetown in the fifties, I got my first theater job checking coats at the National, which was Washington's main theater.

John Guare

LoveJobCollegeYouPlaceFirst

Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.

Maynard Jackson

LiveBestPoliticsNot PerfectMeans

What I will learn over the years will be of benefit and interest to me personally but, as far as the program is concerned, I'm the mouthpiece of the viewers as well.

Michael Aspel

MeLearnWillOverYearsWell

People come to this country because they view our culture as the best. It is a culture free of persecution, a culture free of oppressive government, and above all... a culture of really, really cool stuff.

Steven Crowder

BestCultureGovernmentPeopleCool

The autumn wind is a pirate. Blustering in from sea with a rollicking song he sweeps along swaggering boisterously. His face is weather beaten, he wears a hooded sash with a silver hat about his head... The autumn wind is a Raider, pillaging just for fun.

Steve Sabol

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I have that working class fear of having nothing. I've always got one eye on what's in the bank.

Jasper Carrott

FearEyeNothingClassBankAlways

I signed a contract to fight at UFC 187, so I'm going to fight at UFC 187, whoever it is against. It's the same thing.

Donald Cerrone

FightSameContractAgainstGoing

With someone who is genuinely abusive or a bad person, you should just get out of town. But if they're being the best person they know how to be, then you have to decide if there isn't much there you can love and not become consumed with what they're not able to give you.

Christie Hefner

LoveBestSomeoneYouBadPerson

I believe that people of substantial wealth potentially create problems for future generations unless they themselves accept responsibility to use their wealth during their lifetime to help worthwhile causes.

Chuck Feeney

FutureResponsibilityPeopleBelieve

Every young male actor dreams of being James Bond in an action movie. And that's their first role. But the truth is, when it comes down to it, that's not relatable.

Brendan Dooling

DreamsTruthActionBondTruth Is

Koishikawa Korakuen Garden - one of Tokyo's oldest Japanese gardens, and one of the best spots for viewing the cherry blossoms.

Peter Marino

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