K'naan Quotes

The only way I see the world now is through coming out of and growing up and living in Somalia. In the time of war, everyone was basically trying to live and manage the best they could. But you also had another period which was not a hard time at all - it was just a beautiful time. I lived in both eras.

K'naan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: somali
  • Birth: February 1, 1978

Topics

LiveBeautifulTimeBestWarWorld

It's hard to read good fiction when I am writing, because if it is really good I catch myself sort of inadvertently imitating a great writer.

John Grisham

GoodGreatMyselfI AmWritingHard

I established early what I was and wasn't willing to accept. People tried to say what I had to do, whether it be pop or R&B, to be successful. Even when I was in the girl group, they would try to make our voices sound very radio-friendly and fit that mold. But even before I got signed, I knew who I was and who I wanted to be.

Andra Day

GirlPeopleEarlySayGroupAccept

My desire is to be as independent as I can be, as long as I can be, subject to being effective.

Angus King

LongI CanDesireIndependentBeing

I'd rather be the protector than the protected. I'm naturally the protector - being a mother and having a famous family. You have to navigate when it's right to protect.

Solange Knowles

FamilyMotherFamousYouProtect

My dream is for people around the world to look up and to see Canada like a little jewel sitting at the top of the continent.

Tommy Douglas

PeopleWorldLookDreamCanadaTop

Ma Ying-jeou tends to use cross-strait policy as an election tool and a political tool, too, and my position is that we don't use that as a political tool because that is an issue that is critical and essential to the interests of the Taiwanese people.

Tsai Ing-wen

PeoplePoliticalElectionPolicy

The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches.

Tony Kushner

WorkFindPossibleArtistsFurthest

I am like the Jack Nicholson of the Kings - every single game. If there was a game tonight I wouldn't be here. I used to play hockey. That was my original thing. My first thing, I wanted to play professional hockey.

Rob Zombie

I AmGameHockeyKingsPlayFirst

We are the species who cooks. No other species cooks. And when we learned to cook, we became truly human.

Michael Pollan

HumanCookWhoSpeciesLearned

Easter is reflecting upon suffering for one thing, but it also reflects upon Jesus and his non compliance in the face of great authority where he holds to his truth - so there's two stories there.

Michael Leunig

TruthGreatSufferingFaceAuthority

There is one thing that matters, to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people.

Logan Pearsall Smith

WordsPeopleMindsMattersOne Thing

Some of the FDA's own scientists have charged that politics, not science, is behind the FDA's actions.

Joseph Crowley

SciencePoliticsOwnBehindActions

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