Ishmael Beah Quotes

My mother tongue, Mende, is very expressive, very figurative, and when I write, I always struggle to find the English equivalent of things that I really want to say in Mende. For example, in Mende, you wouldn't say 'night came suddenly'; you would say 'the sky rolled over and changed its sides.'

Ishmael Beah

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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MotherStruggleSkyNightYouFind

I eat mostly vegetables and fish.

Andrew Tan

FishVegetablesEatMostly

A bowler can make or break a chap.

John Newton

BreakMakeBowlerChap

I'm always trying to show versatility. I'm juggling, and I'm flipping fire, and I'm chewing gum and rhyming at the same time... on a unicycle, while playing the drums.

MF Doom

TimeFireTryingSameAlwaysGum

I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect it would be English literature, Shakespeare and so forth. I've always been deeply, deeply in love with that kind of thing.

Stephen Fry

LoveChildrenMeDriveLiterature

I'm actually totally the prude of my family.

Sue Naegle

FamilyActuallyTotallyPrude

Ty Tryon made a lot of money after turning pro, but he might not have been ready. I don't want to make a lot of money for a couple of months and then not be ready.

Michelle Wie

MoneyReadyWantBeenMadeHe

We have to face the fact that ISIS and its army of like-minded jihadists are determined to win that war and believe they are on the path to victory. They may well be right.

Michael T. Flynn

PathWarWinVictoryBelieveFace

Cycling is a business.

Lizzie Armitstead

BusinessCycling

I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing.

Julia Glass

GoodTechnologyI AmReadingThing

Was the crew well? Was I not? I had profited in many ways by the voyage. I had even gained flesh, and actually weighed a pound more than when I sailed from Boston.

Joshua Slocum

MoreBostonVoyageWellCrewEven

I really get excited when we win. I get really upset when we don't, and I hope that still has a place in the NFL.

Jon Gruden

HopeWinPlaceUpsetExcitedGet

I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.

Chevy Chase

BusinessMindNowActorBeingJust

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