Uzodinma Iweala Quotes

People just think Africa is this one thing. So if you're from Nigeria, then you're the same as somebody from Kenya; not realizing that within Nigeria, right, we have 250 different ethnic groups, right? Two hundred and fifty different languages.

Uzodinma Iweala

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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With this announcement today, the Army has made it clear what we have known all along - that Fort Riley is truly the crown jewel of the United States Army.

Jim Ryun

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Life has its dimensions in the mysterious.

Jesse Jackson

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If I could have half the career of Diane Sawyer, I'd be a happy woman.

Megyn Kelly

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It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think.

Johnny Cash

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I love white walls because white reflects the light and is a great backdrop for art.

John Rocha

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Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.

John Podhoretz

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John Irving once told me he doesn't start a novel until he knows the last sentence. I said, 'My God, Irving, isn't that like working in a factory?'

Tom Robbins

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I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem.

Judy Greer

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My first memory of cinema is my mother taking me to see 'Silkwood,' which is about a whistleblower at a nuclear power plant.

Joshua Oppenheimer

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As a coach, you've got to do what's best for the team. If guys don't like it, they're going to leave. If they stay and don't like it, well, your team's going to suck anyway. Even if this happens, you still have to do it. You can't coach worrying about any individual.

Doc Rivers

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The ideal girl is driven, working on something other than modeling or being a singer.

Drake

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Providing a writer isn't put off by conventions - and some are - attending them can be a nice break from the necessary isolation of writing.

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

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