Ishmael Beah Quotes

We all have that capacity to lose our humanity when circumstances force us to do so. It's not specific to people who live in Africa or Latin America or Asia. And equally, we are capable of regaining ourselves.

Ishmael Beah

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I know what labels and artists need, along with the consumer.

Jimmy Iovine

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There was no 'before' the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.

John D. Barrow

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I'm sick and tired of only being asked about everything that Donald Trump says or does.

John McCain

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What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.

Robert Kennedy

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We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them.

John Webster

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What I would love to see is art that explicitly addresses not personal intimacies but anonymous intimacies: the vast collections of facts about you and me that now exist in giant server banks.

Russell Smith

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I had always wanted to run my own show and focus solely on the writing, and that's what 'Survivor's Remorse' has been for me.

Mike O'Malley

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I joyfully hasten to meet death. If it come before I have had opportunity to develop all my artistic faculties, it will come, my hard fate notwithstanding, too soon, and I should probably wish it later - yet even then I shall be happy, for will it not deliver me from a state of endless suffering?

Ludwig van Beethoven

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As much as the Congress is criticized - and a lot of it is well deserved - the fact is there are many quiet victories if you keep your head down and know how to maneuver in the process and get things done.

Lois Frankel

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I think that I have every right to write a book. I think I'm interesting. I have perspective about me.

Judy Garland

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When America closes its doors, so does everybody else. We are the primary engine of growth in the world and we are the only beacon of free trade left, and open markets.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

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I'm a once-a-week grocery shopper; I get everything I need for the week, and then in the morning, I have my breakfast, pack three snacks, my lunch, and drinks to stay hydrated in a little cooler. I always have a snack on hand in case I get hungry throughout the day. I love my little cooler!

Christen Press

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