Uzodinma Iweala Quotes

In my senior year of high school, I read an article in 'Newsweek' about child soldiers in Sierra Leone. I felt a sense of shock - this was happening in the region where I'm from, and people don't know about it. I wanted to understand.

Uzodinma Iweala

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I love Indian food - it's my favourite cuisine. I love the mixture of spices and the subtle flavours. It's really erotic; the spices are so sensuous.

Joe Perry

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I still believe that 'No Smoking' is one of my best performances.

John Abraham

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The beauty of compounding iterative algorithms - evolution, fractals, organic growth, art - derives from their irreducibility.

Steve Jurvetson

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If something's not working, it's wonderful to have a reader you can trust to say, 'Actually, you've gone off the deep end here'.

Siri Hustvedt

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In 1800, in the first interparty contest, the Federalists warned that presidential candidate Thomas Jefferson, because of his sympathy expressed at the outset of the French Revolution, was 'the son of a half-breed Indian squaw' who would put opponents under the guillotine.

Robert Dallek

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The Internet goes doot-doot-doot - it goes sideways. There's nothing hierarchical about it. And the best thing about it is also the worst thing about it, which is there are no gatekeepers on the Internet. Consequently, there's a whole lot of bad information on the Internet. But I think that sorts itself out over time.

Molly Ivins

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Every show I play is like a little celebration of something in my life that has gone really well.

Lou Barlow

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You know, violence, I think, knocks on everyone's door.

Juanes

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I don't really believe in anything special, but I respect God. I go to church sometimes, but not often.

Jaye Davidson

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A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

Joseph Addison

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Once in a while, when I'm alone, I think about my age. I think, 'How many more years do I have on this earth?' But I can't really conceive of dying.

Don Rickles

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If I continue to work as a coach, it is because my passion and love for football, for the players, is still there.

Claudio Ranieri

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