Obiageli Ezekwesili Quotes

Do our children now have to choose between getting an education and dying? Some of us cannot move on and accept that kind of society.

Obiageli Ezekwesili

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: April 28, 1963

Topics

EducationChildrenSocietyChooseUs

My lyrics are quite train of thought, and they are all over the place, but they evoke something.

St. Lucia

ThoughtTrainPlaceOverSomething

Like most citizens of popular and international urban centres, I don't take advantage of the cultural opportunities. Perhaps this comes from growing up in suburbia. Home is where you eat, sleep, read, watch television and ignore your parents. It is not where you go to the ballet and then attend a heated panel discussion about it afterwards.

Sloane Crosley

HomeSleepParentsGrowing UpIgnore

Being a guitarist was scary, honestly, as a girl in Nashville. It just felt like no one was gonna ask me to be in a band and play guitar, like I never was gonna get asked to do that.

Soccer Mommy

GirlMeGuitarPlayNeverNashville

Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day.

Tom Hanks

LoveRespectDayMoonGrowing Up

Our adversaries no long fear us, and our enemies are plotting against us.

Michael McCaul

FearLongEnemiesAgainstUsOur

When I got my very first phone call that I'd hit the 'New York Times' list, I had a small rush of 'I've made it!' But the next morning, it occurred to me I didn't know what it was, so I called my agent and asked what being a 'New York Times' bestselling author really meant. He informed me that I was now a thousand pound gorilla.

Lisa Gardner

MorningNew YorkMeSmallPhone Call

Not counting the brand of Sunni Islam practised by the so-called Islamic State, there is probably no religion in the world that comes in for more flak than Scientology.

Louis Theroux

ReligionWorldBrandIslamMore

Amalur's user interface is designed much like a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, liberally sprinkling yellow exclamation points and markers all over your mini-map in order to show you where to quest next.

Jason Schreier

YellowGameYouOverNextQuest

I plan less and less. It's a great benefit of writing lots, that you get good at holding long narratives in your head like a virtual space.

Jonathan Lethem

GoodGreatSpaceWritingPlanYou

Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit.

Jonathan Shapiro

BlueMePresidentFirstOutStill

My writing ability all stems from the blues.

Christine McVie

WritingBluesAbilityStems

I routinely interview college students, mostly from top schools, and I notice that their brains are like old maps, with lots of blank spaces for the uncharted terrain. It's not that they lack for motivation or IQ. It's that they can't connect the dots when they don't know where the dots are in the first place.

Bret Stephens

CollegeMotivationPlaceKnowTop

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