Ishmael Beah Quotes

I had gone to a talent show - I was interested in American hip-hop music - with my older brother, to another town, and my town was attacked. I went from having an entire family to the next minute not having anything. It was very painful.

Ishmael Beah

Recitation: by Male by Female

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

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When I was still in my psychiatric residency training in New York City, I was subjected to the doctor draft of that time, during the early fifties, at the time of the Korean War.

Robert Jay Lifton

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I sell a lot of ebooks from my website and encourage authors to set up their own stores.

Michael A. Stackpole

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America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a goodly number of people.

John Philip Sousa

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The Senate needs 60 votes to pass anything. They have to compromise with liberal Democrats to spend more money. Even though arguably we have control of the Senate, we really don't.

Steve Chabot

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Though I was the last child in the family, I was the first to enter the film industry.

Sridevi

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I tried therapy. This had never appealed to me. For me, it was a bit like a Chinese meal: very filling at the time, but then an hour later you're hungry again.

Rod Stewart

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I have this deep love for authors. I think that we don't do enough to encourage love of words and love of books.

Ruby Dee

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What you put into your body is just as important as how hard you dance. I believe with the right training and an understanding of how to take care of your body, you can mold it to be whatever you want it to be.

Misty Copeland

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How mad would it actually be to do an 'Avatar' type animation film, but about something mundane like a Winn-Dixie cashier's day at work? That'd be something else, I think.

Diplo

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I don't go to premieres I'm not involved in.

Domhnall Gleeson

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Muslim women can save the world from ISIS.

Deeyah Khan

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Funny is only something that others know about you - you can't be funny by yourself.

Chris Rock

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