Barkhad Abdi Quotes

When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.

Barkhad Abdi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: somali
  • Birth: April 10, 1985

Topics

WorkChallengeAmerican DreamBetter

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Robert H. Schuller

BetterNothingSomethingThan

If I was making a tea advert, I would want to communicate about tea is that it can console you, it can start your day, there is the warmth and the ritual, and you can share it; you make someone a cup of tea and you offer it to them.

Matt Smith

DayTeaStartSomeoneYouWant

I want to be a woman who has a little bit more figured out, who doesn't have so many doubts.

Mia Goth

WomanWantMoreOutLittleDoubts

I trained myself to perform on the field.

Steve Carlton

MyselfFieldPerformTrained

It is truly not fun to be the family that sticks out in an all-white community. On the other side, I have five brothers and sisters; we all look exactly the same, and we're very, very tight. The lessons about race were not pleasant, but there are things that I loved about my childhood.

Soledad O'Brien

FamilyCommunityChildhoodFunLoved

I am excited to be part of the dynamic Guggenheim family of companies.

Ross Levinsohn

FamilyI AmExcitedDynamicPartAm

How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?

Lou Holtz

SmartStupidYouKnowNeverBeen

I love pressure in a different sort of way; I enjoy the pressure of getting out and performing for the public. Being compared and judged doesn't seem quite right to me.

Joshua Bell

LoveMePressureEnjoyWayRight

I have here in my hand a list of two hundred and five people that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department.

Joseph R. McCarthy

PeoplePartyHandPolicyCommunist

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Josh Billings

LoveEnvyLooksThroughTelescope

Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.

Jonathan Swift

LoveHateManAnimalForthPeter

I guess the way to keep a grip on reality is just to take breaks in between albums like most normal bands do. Go home and be a person and hang out with your friends. Do separate things and get back to earth and write songs and go out there again.

Dolores O'Riordan

HomeRealityFriendsBackEarthGo

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