Uzodinma Iweala Quotes

People don't talk about the amount of destruction in terms of human lives that happen, whether it's through slavery, or through, for example, what Belgium was doing in the Congo - the fragmentation of society that happened after that destruction of human life.

Uzodinma Iweala

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop.

Robert Musil

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It shouldn't just be Russia we're concerned about, because many countries that are not our friends have been hacking into American accounts across the board.

Steve Scalise

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I don't have a very positive attitude towards rappers.

Miriam Margolyes

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Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.

Milos Forman

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The difference between Liberty and liberties is as great as God and gods.

Ludwig Borne

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I find I often just fall into a stone-like sleep, right in the middle of the day, just sort of clonk. I can't work for extended periods when I'm beginning something. But if I'm at the end of something, I can work on for hours and hours and hours.

Deborah Eisenberg

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People now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment.

David Viscott

TimePeopleAccomplishmentFeelNow

Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation.

Chinua Achebe

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Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.

Christie Hefner

LeadershipBelieveYouTableSitting

Composing demands a degree of isolation.

Cliff Martinez

IsolationDegreeDemandsComposing

Voters want conflicting things. They want a lot of government spending, but they don't want higher taxes.

Bruce Rauner

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I really like the P!nk song with the guy from fun., 'Just Give Me a Reason.'

Psy

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