Wangechi Mutu Quotes

I think there is something about countries and nations that is hard to define. And, in fact, that's probably why we create such massive boundaries - because it's so slippery where they begin and where they end.

Wangechi Mutu

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: kenyan
  • Birth: June 22, 1972

Topics

LifeWorkLoveAmazingWorldYou

I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.

Joe Eszterhas

PastDirectorPrimeHerWriterRead

I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while.

Jeri Ryan

CharacterLovedPersonLittleBeing

When the kids were growing up, they learned to be independent. I told them, 'As long as you're doing something good, it's worth pursuing.' That's why I invested in them in the first place and gave them as much as I could for their first company, Zip2.

Maye Musk

GoodGrowing UpDoingLongYouWhy

You can't live if you don't eat, but you don't live to eat. And neither does business exist primarily to make a profit. It exists to fulfill its purpose, whatever that might be.

John Mackey

LiveBusinessPurposeYouProfit

Ataturk approved of the mevlevi dervish approach to God as being 'an expression of Turkish genius' that reclaimed Islam from what he saw as hide-bound, backward Arab tradition.

Stephen Kinzer

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Guess what, Beyonce? White people like your music, too. White people buy your songs on iTunes, memorize your lyrics, and admire your talent and beauty. Little white girls wanna be like you just as little black girls do, but instead of that, you'd rather perpetuate the great battle of the races.

Tomi Lahren

BeautyMusicGreatTalentPeople

I've talked to several CEOs - from a recycling company in Indiana, a furniture company in Kentucky, a brewing company in Colorado, and more - who believe paying higher wages is both the right thing to do and part of a successful business model.

Tom Perez

BusinessBelieveFurnitureColorado

I actually started an adult book, worked on it for about two years, and then decided it just wasn't coming together for me, and thought I'll go back to children's books, and almost immediately I started 'Holes,' and it just seemed to take off on me.

Louis Sachar

ChildrenTogetherMeBookThought

Every kid I meet who's a reader has got something like that, their fantasy world. And science fiction is the best, especially for girls because it's the one place where you can do the forbidden.

Dorothy Allison

ScienceBestWorldYouPlaceMeet

And I can't wait to see where the road leads from here.

Dean Stockwell

WaitRoadSeeWhereHereLeads

The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant.

Brandi Chastain

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Instead of yelling at a TV set, I get to talk.

Art Spiegelman

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