Teju Cole Quotes

Probably the biggest temptation that young writers face is to be entertaining, to show your bag of tricks and do a bit of tap dancing. I read a lot of things, and I keep seeing this brocade of voice where someone is trying to be too pally with you or ingratiating on the page.

Teju Cole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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My dread is for my show to be a nostalgia act. So the key to it is how do we keep it fresh?

Joan Baez

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It's hard to get movie studios to pay a lot of money for movies that don't have robots or explosions.

John Green

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For every prohibition you create, you also create an underground.

Jello Biafra

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One day, I was sitting in a movie theater, and I said, 'What the hell? I can do better than that.'

Melvin Van Peebles

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Even before coming into the industry, I was a big fan of Motown, the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight, the Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes.

Stephanie Mills

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I was never one for the passenger seat. I have always wanted my level of entertainment and showmanship to be the same as a frontman.

Tommy Lee

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I was fortunate that I was an only child. I had two parents who I really cared about, and they cared about me, so I got off to a good start.

Roger Staubach

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It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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You know, I'm one of millions of undocumented people in this country who are living kind of under the shadows. And in many ways, coming out, it was my way of - at the end of the day, I think we have to tell the truth about this immigration system. And because of that, I had to tell the truth about myself.

Jose Antonio Vargas

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Apathy in youth culture is pretty stark.

Dominic Holland

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It's really amazing what Pep Guardiola has done at Man City.

Arjen Robben

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I've been married for 22 years. That's the only person I want.

Allen West

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