Uzodinma Iweala Quotes

The images that we see of Africa are so... that are so engrained in our minds are of this place that is terrible - like hell on earth. And that doesn't acknowledge the positive things - the many, many, many positive things - that people are doing.

Uzodinma Iweala

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PositivePeopleHellDoingEarth

We live in an age that's very suspicious of preachy political rhetoric, which means that there's room for art that approaches these issues from the side - as satire, as parody, or as a kind of outlandish speculative proposition.

Jess Row

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When choosing vendors for my wedding, I intentionally searched for women who were at the beginning of their own founder journeys.

Jennifer Hyman

WomenBeginningWeddingOwnFounder

The nature of storytelling, since the dawn of man, has a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Matthew Gray Gubler

NatureBeginningManDawnEndSince

I appreciate all of your expressions of concern, and I appreciate all of your expressions of love. It has been like a fire to my heart.

John Trudell

LoveHeartFireAppreciateBeen

I would love to live stream them all, so if you're in New York and you come along, you can watch Tropfest N.Y., and six weeks later you are watching Tropfest Arabia or Tropfest Australia live stream, and so they are all connected.

John Polson

LoveLiveNew YorkYouAustralia

As you know, Social Security functions under the premise that today's workers will help finance benefits for retirees and that these workers will then be supported by the next generation of workers paying into the same system.

Steve Israel

TodayFinanceGenerationHelpYou

Ramen is a dish that's very high in calories and sodium. One way to make it slightly healthier is to leave the soup and just eat the noodles.

Masaharu Morimoto

SoupWayEatNoodlesLeaveHigh

Of course we have Queen Elizabeth as head of state, but in many ways we are a kind of republic. We don't have royals in Australia, so it was kind of unusual to run into those kind of people. But aside from that it was quite ordinary.

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

QueenPeopleAustraliaKindRun

I wanted to write a film and I thought the best way to do so was to train myself within the field... It was just like a cycle of people trying to make it, not making it, doing extra work, and it was pretty depressing in the end.

Michelle Rodriguez

WorkMyselfBestPeopleThoughtEnd

I am a follower of the Spain team. I think I did things correct, with the greatest honesty, always under the premise that I would say yes to Real Madrid.

Julen Lopetegui

HonestyI AmTeamThinkSayReal

I started with nothing. Less than nothing.

Dawn Steel

NothingStartedThanLess

I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, 'Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.'

Count Basie

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