--- title: "1 Knowing Soldier Quotes By Uzodinma Iweala" description: "1 Knowing Soldier quotes by Uzodinma Iweala. Plus more from Uzodinma Iweala and more Knowing Soldier sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/uzodinma-iweala-7990_child-soldiers_so-we-were-playing-all-this-game-then-an_2415428.jpg" --- > [“so we were playing all this game then and thinking that to be a soldier was to be the best thing in the world because gun is looking so powerful and the men in movie are looking so powerful and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/so-we-were-playing-all-this-game-then-and-thinking-that-to-be-a/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/uzodinma-iweala-7990_child-soldiers_so-we-were-playing-all-this-game-then-an_2415428.jpg) ## More by Uzodinma Iweala > [Lagos is a fascinatingly infuriating place that its residents love - and love to hate. Licence plates on cars here proudly display the state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/lagos-is-a-fascinatingly-infuriating-place-that-its-residents-love/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) > [Around the world, our cities are not the idealised open, accessible, and cosmopolitan spaces of our dreams. More often than not, they are sectioned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/around-the-world-our-cities-are-not-the-idealised-open-accessible-and/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) > [We grew up going to church, and I believe in God. I don't know that I have the ability to define what or who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/we-grew-up-going-to-church-and-i-believe-in-god-i-don-t-know-that-i/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) > [I've had great writing teachers and mentors and great success with my first book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/i-ve-had-great-writing-teachers-and-mentors-and-great-success-with-my/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) > [I'm not a propaganda machine. I tell things how I see them. When I say, for example, that corruption is not the only thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/i-m-not-a-propaganda-machine-i-tell-things-how-i-see-them-when-i-say/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) > ['Beasts of No Nation' began when I read an article about child soldiers in Sierra Leone during my final year of high school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/beasts-of-no-nation-began-when-i-read-an-article-about-child-soldiers/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) > [Reading 'Search Sweet Country' is like reading a dream, and indeed, at times, it feels like the magical landscapes of writers like the Nigerian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/reading-search-sweet-country-is-like-reading-a-dream-and-indeed-at/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) > [As an adult, I discovered Claritin, and my whole world changed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/as-an-adult-i-discovered-claritin-and-my-whole-world-changed/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) > [When somebody says that six million people died in the Holocaust, there is nobody in the world who can understand that. It's only through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/when-somebody-says-that-six-million-people-died-in-the-holocaust/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) > [I think, all too often, this society has too monolithic a definition of what a black American is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/i-think-all-too-often-this-society-has-too-monolithic-a-definition-of/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) > [Right after undergrad, I started doing low-level work on health issues in sub-Saharan Africa, and what struck me was the disconnect between how people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/right-after-undergrad-i-started-doing-low-level-work-on-health-issues/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) > [Medicine has an immediate impact, the ability to do good. Writing is such a solitary activity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/medicine-has-an-immediate-impact-the-ability-to-do-good-writing-is/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) > [Africa wants the world to acknowledge that through fair partnerships with other members of the global community, we ourselves are capable of unprecedented growth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/africa-wants-the-world-to-acknowledge-that-through-fair-partnerships/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) > [The first time I ever cast a vote in my 1992 Blessed Sacrament School poll, I voted for Ross Perot because - Ross Perot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/the-first-time-i-ever-cast-a-vote-in-my-1992-blessed-sacrament-school/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) > [Sometimes you just wanna go out, see your action movie, be done with it, come home. You know, and, like, you see 'The Matrix'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/sometimes-you-just-wanna-go-out-see-your-action-movie-be-done-with-it/) [Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowing-soldier/uzodinma-iweala/#itemlist", "name": "1 Knowing Soldier Quotes By Uzodinma Iweala", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“so we were playing all this game then and thinking that to be a soldier was to be the best thing in the world because gun is looking so powerful and the men in movie are looking so powerful and strong when they are killing people,but I am knowing now that to be a soldier is only to be weak and not strong, and to have no food to eat and not to eat whatever you want, and also to have people making you do thing that you are not wanting to do and not to be doing whatever you are wanting which is what they are doing in movie. 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