Teju Cole Quotes

When I write, I have a sort of secret kinship of readers in all countries who don't know each other but each of whom, when they read my book, feels at home in it. So I write for those readers. It's almost a sense of writing for a specific person, but it's a specific person who I don't know.

Teju Cole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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There is no reason for anybody to have an assault weapon.

Joe Lhota

ReasonWeaponNo ReasonAnybody

I loved baseball. I was a pitcher. I loved being on the mound because I also loved being at the center of the action, the cat and mouse battle with the batter on every pitch. You had to develop grit.

John Hickenlooper

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While having friends shouldn't be the main reason why you love your job, it definitely makes the work day run a lot more smoothly when you have a workplace buddy.

John Rampton

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People think all fame is the same, but being on BBC Two from time to time does not make you Warren Beatty. I honestly can't impress that upon people enough.

Stephen Merchant

TimePeopleThinkEnoughYouFame

With time, I'll learn to do more things, different things.

Stephan El Shaarawy

TimeLearnMoreThingsDifferent

I believe in living life the way that you want to live it every day, and if you do that, you don't really need to have New Year's resolutions.

Tom Ford

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In short, our response as a party should be to work to solve the crises that produce crisis pregnancies, and work to make life worth living for mother and child, rather than victimize the child as a way of dealing with the crisis.

Robert Casey

LifeWorkMotherChildShortWorth

I think it's pretty stupid to write off an entire genre of anything. It's one thing to say 'I don't like country music.' But it's pretty narrow minded to say 'All country music sucks.' Of course, that being said, all short-form improv sucks.

Matt Besser

MusicStupidThinkCountrySaidSay

Having glue stuck to your face in winter is not fun. It freezes as it hits the skin.

Jay Ryan

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Every important machine's got to have a big red button.

Joseph DeRisi

RedImportantBigGotMachineEvery

I hate losing. I hate getting beat. I'm not used to it.

Jon Lester

HateLosingBeatUsedGetting

My parents are a bedrock. And I have three complex, strong, and funny sisters who inspire and sustain me.

Christina Baker Kline

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