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Yvonne Orji Quotes

I was looking around this room, this sea of industry folk. If I had have worn black and white, somebody would have asked me to get them a cocktail; the only other people of colour there were servers.

Yvonne Orji

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: nigerian
Birth: December 2, 1983

Topics

Black And White Sea People Me Black

For all the splendours of the world's greatest galleries, visitors are likely to be kept at arm's length, spectators of a world that can seem too rarefied to let them in.

Jim Crace

World Seem Greatest Length Arm Them

'Sag Harbor' brought me a new readership - it's a coming of age tale about growing up in the '80s.

Matthew Desmond

Age Me Growing Up New Growing Up

I don't want to be known in my life for what I do from 5 to 9 in the mornings.

Matt Lauer

Life My Life Want Known Mornings

It was the business that made Pop go away, not our inability to create.

Jeffrey Katzenberg

Business Create Go Away Pop Go Away

I'm born in Liverpool, I'm a Liverpool supporter.

Steven Gerrard

Born Liverpool Supporter

My life has two modes. One is sitting around writing and contemplating or building things. The other is execution mode. It takes a while to switch from one to the other.

Trent Reznor

Life Writing Building My Life Two

Cowboys had guitars. And they sang country 'cause they lived in the country.

Robbie Robertson

Country Lived Cause Cowboys Guitars

We don't just hop out of bed, scratch our eyes, and become an NBA baller. It's a process. It's a tough grind that you have to go through that people don't understand.

Chauncey Billups

Eyes People Tough Process You Grind

Billie Jean just caught me on a bad day.

Bobby Riggs

Day Me Bad Day Bad Caught Just

The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Power Value Same Cannot Far Systems

This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.

Richard Burton

Diamond Almost Many

I remember, in middle school, I went to four different schools. That was a rough patch. But it's also what shaped me as a person.

Mark Foster

School Me Remember Person Middle