Uzodinma Iweala Quotes

The kidnapped person is so tantalizingly close, kept alive by a devastating hope. Kidnapping or hostage-taking is perhaps the most disturbing form of terror because it turns this hope into a liability that can paralyze.

Uzodinma Iweala

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 5, 1982

Topics

HopePersonAliveBecauseLiability

Probably the best advertising jobs of all are done by governments to convince people to go to war.

Jerry Della Femina

BestWarPeopleAdvertisingGoDone

When new cooks come to work for me, they obviously make mistakes at the beginning or there's some messiness to the presentation. What I always say to them is: 'If you were cooking this for your mother or your girlfriend, would you make those mistakes?'

Joel Robuchon

WorkMotherCookingMistakesMeYou

I make my living talking about serious subject matter, but I'm a weirdo.

Meghan McCain

TalkingSeriousLivingMatterWeirdo

I'm interested in music that happens now and that relates to our lives now.

Maya Beiser

MusicNowHappensInterestedOur

I knew tech was going to be increasingly important in my lifetime, so I focused on it early.

Robert Scoble

EarlyImportantFocusedGoingTech

What's kind of wonderful about being the voice in an animated film is you're a small part of an enormous production. And in a way, you get to remain a little bit objective.

America Ferrera

SmallVoiceYouKindWayProduction

I like working with kids. I just have a way with kids.

Stephen Baker

WayWorkingJustLikeKids

All I care about is the story and telling the story. I don't care how people ingest it.

Steven Soderbergh

PeopleStoryCareTellingHowAbout

With my father and sister being very depressed for most of their lives, it was incumbent on me to try to make them laugh, in this ridiculous way. They were the wittiest people I knew, but to get a smile from them was like winning the lottery.

Miriam Toews

SmileFatherPeopleMeSisterLaugh

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

Louis Pasteur

MindBrainyFavorsFortunePrepared

Our Heavenly Father expects the best from each of us. We must believe in ourselves. Don't give in when the going gets rough. You are laying the foundation of a great work, and that great work is your life.

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

LifeWorkFatherGreatBestBelieve

My first year in the big leagues, I made $17,000. It was easy to go out and get another $17,000 relief pitcher. I never worried about innings or pitches. I just pitched.

Bruce Sutter

YearEasyGoNeverFirstOut

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