Teju Cole Quotes

In a Transtromer poem, you inhabit space differently; a body becomes a thing, a mind floats, things have lives, and even non-things, even concepts, are alive.

Teju Cole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SpaceMindYouBodyAliveThings

I really was very impressed with DMX during the whole experience on 'Romeo Must Die.' I like working with him. I liked him. And I was very impressed with the reaction of the audience when he was in the picture.

Joel Silver

ExperiencePictureDieReactionHim

Green technologies - going green - is bigger than the Internet. It could be the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century.

John Doerr

OpportunityGreenInternetBigger

I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.

Max Beerbohm

EyesSoulMeWindowsNeedRemind

It's unfortunate that all business gets painted as wanting to oppose the environment and slow change.

Robert J. Fisher

ChangeBusinessSlowEnvironment

I hope I get to work with Ms. Meryl Streep. She's so brilliant, great, and gracious an actress and person. I would love to work with her.

Storm Reid

WorkLoveHopeGreatPersonShe

If I am duly compared to Marlon Brando at all, well, I can only think of The Teahouse of the 'Shanghai Noon,' that they're comparing me to that!

Tom Hardy

I AmMeThinkI CanWellNoon

There are times when you feel like you give a great effort, you have prepared properly, and you got less than what you wanted. So on the one hand, you should feel really good about that and just let the results be what they are. On the other hand, you can't be happy with it when you finished 19th.

Tom Lehman

GoodGreatEffortHappyBe Happy

English is my first language, but musically speaking, I write my music in Spanish.

Romeo Santos

MusicLanguageWriteFirstMusically

I have to keep working because, although I have land, I'm not cash rich and don't have the wealth of high-profile actresses - don't say I'm an 'actor.' That's a bit too modern.

Miriam Margolyes

RichWealthSayActorLandModern

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

DareDifficultThingsVenture

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

Joseph Joubert

FutureRespectPastSafetyPresent

It takes such a commitment of passion and energy and time, and it's all so encompassing to direct that you've got to see the bullseye, and you know you can hit it - or at least get awfully close.

Jonathan Mostow

PassionTimeCommitmentEnergyYou

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