Ishmael Beah Quotes

I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up of, you know, in the morning going to the river to fetch water - no tap water, and no electricity - and, you know, bathing in the river, and then going to school, and playing soccer afterwards.

Ishmael Beah

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
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  • Birth: November 23, 1980

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LifeMorningWaterSimpleSchool

The world is a pile of grunge.

Jo Stafford

WorldGrungePile

The power to prevent violence is a power that no police force seems to have anywhere in the United States.

John Abizaid

PowerPoliceViolenceForceUnited

Once my paintings are complete, the model no longer lives in the painting as themselves. I see something bigger, more symbolic - an archetype.

Amy Sherald

PaintingMoreSeeI SeeBiggerOnce

On Twitter, there'll be fans of 'Army Wives' and people who say, 'I've been following you since 'Supernatural,' I loved you on 'Person of Interest,'' and it's really cool to get that love. To them, I'm not just an overnight success.

Sterling K. Brown

LoveSuccessPeopleCoolLovedYou

Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right things and to learn.

Tom Cruise

ChildrenLearnStrivingRightFilm

Some people say that you should read people who think completely differently from you so that everything you read and everything that they say is a challenge to you but there's something to be said for reading people where you think, 'Yes, that's how I would have said it if I could have found the words for it'.

Ronald Frame

ChallengeWordsPeopleReadingThink

Just because you have checks in the checkbook doesn't mean that you have money in the bank, and Washington has failed to understand that.

Mike Bouchard

MoneyYouJust BecauseUnderstand

Film people can be quite ruthless and tough. I think it's because the industry is filled with talented, driven people chasing nowhere near enough work.

Jon Ronson

WorkPeopleToughThinkEnoughFilm

There was a time when I was in the South, singing, and someone came to me before the show and said, 'There's been a threat on your life. Someone had phoned in and said they were going to shoot you if you go on stage.' I was singing 'Chances Are,' and I kept moving so they wouldn't have a shot at me.

Johnny Mathis

LifeTimeMeMovingSingingSomeone

I think for me, the imaginary world was always exciting. I started in New York doing theatre, from having just one person in an audience to performing for a full house. I think I've always enjoyed playing different characters, blending into different environments and such.

Dilshad Vadsaria

New YorkMeTheatreWorldThinkNew

We want to move forward in a bipartisan fashion to solve our problems.

Dick Durbin

FashionForwardProblemsWantMove

I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.

Chris Colfer

LifeMusicRespectHatParentsMe

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