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Ishmael Beah Quotes

There's so much focus and interest about what happens during war, but very little about what happens when people return to homes and communities that have been destroyed. There's a renewal that happens, but it's a very difficult one.

Ishmael Beah

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
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Birth: November 23, 1980

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Focus War People Difficult Renewal

I am even thankful for the negative things that have made me a stronger and better person.

Joanna Krupa

Thankful I Am Me Better Person Made

Like tens of thousands of others, I have been a spectator of, rather than a participator in, the activities - political, commercial, sociological, scientific - of the times in which I have lived.

John Burroughs

Political Others Activities Lived

Barack himself is very much a regular guy, not a silver spoon, incredibly smart, but, you know, he's a scholarship kid, made good use of the resources that were available to him, worked incredibly hard.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

Good Smart You Know Silver Kid

My father was a professor of folklore, and my mother was a teacher until she was married. I had a good relationship with them, and the only argument we had was when I went to university and wanted to go into the theater instead of studying to be a lawyer.

Max von Sydow

Good Father Mother Relationship Go

I want my words to open a portal through which the reader may leave the self, migrate to some other human sky and return 'disposed' to otherness.

Sue Monk Kidd

Sky Words Self Want Human Leave

I want to play as long as possible at the highest level.

Robin Van Persie

Long Play Want Possible Level

If 'Scandal' were to run for the rest of my career and prevent me from doing anything else, I would sign that contract this moment.

Joshua Malina

Moment Me Rest Doing Career Run

I worked for 'The Chronicle' in San Francisco, and immigration is a big issue in that region.

Jose Antonio Vargas

Immigration Big San Francisco Issue

I don't know - to be honest, I don't really model myself after anybody.

Diego Klattenhoff

Myself Know Honest To Be Honest

I've learned so much as both a writer and a human.

Cheryl Strayed

Human Writer Much Learned Both

I get excited about room-service menus! I really do.

Colin Farrell

Excited Get About Really

People should be more passive with what they consider trustworthy.

Ariel Pink

People More Trustworthy Passive