Ishmael Beah Quotes

We all find joy and radiance and a reason to move on even in the most dire of circumstances. Even in chaos and madness, there's still a beauty that comes from just the vibrancy of another human spirit.

Ishmael Beah

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing.

John Lithgow

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For me, there is nothing worse than the knowledge that my life holds nothing for me but being a writer.

Jean Stafford

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That actually is one of my huge challenges right now because I write best at night, no question. I can focus. You know you're not getting any phone calls, I can shut everything down, and I'm just more creative at night.

Stephenie Meyer

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To call the police is a really big deal because you don't snitch - that's the culture you grow up in.

Sonja Sohn

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We should address the issues for nonprofits and pensions and why they need to invest in these offshore funds.

Steve Mnuchin

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I'm free-spirited, and it gets me into trouble.

Sienna Miller

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Some actors get by with behaving, not acting. You've got to sell the effect. I act more in the 'Nightmare' movies because it's not like me. I'm acting, not reacting.

Robert Englund

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When you eliminate vanity from an art form, and I would think that this would be any art form, what is left is an opportunity to be incredibly naked and truthful.

Lorraine Toussaint

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Whether you're doing Shakespeare or Disney, good work is good work.

Jonathan Tucker

WorkGoodGood WorkDoingYou

I just kind of went into the blue-collar workforce at a really young age and discovered music, in terms of being a musician, around the same time. The good news is, I was probably 17 when I knew that's what I was going to do with the rest of my life, no matter what that meant.

Chris Cornell

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Even leaving aside government policy, whole industries are already making expensive changes around the perceived need to 'go green.' Al Gore and countless other prophets of global catastrophe are making megamillions pushing these expensive solutions. Schoolchildren around the globe are being frightened by tales of impending calamity.

Bradley A. Smith

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I never want to make the quarterback feel like I'm being a distraction or I've got any negativity toward him.

Antonio Brown

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