"Being defiant can be a good thing sometimes,"……" — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"Being defiant can be a good thing sometimes," Aunty Ifeoma said. "Defiance is like marijuana - it is not a bad thing when it is used right."
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111 Quotes by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to…
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The novels I love, the ones I remember, the ones I re-read, have an empathetic human quality, or 'emotional truth'.…
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I divide my time between Columbia, Maryland, and Lagos, Nigeria.
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Creative writing programmes are not very necessary. They just exist so that people like us can make a living.
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There are many different ways to be poor in the world but increasingly there seems to be one single way…
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At some point I was a HappyAfricanFeminist who does not hate men. And who likes lip gloss and who wears…
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How [stories] are told, who tells them, when they’re told, how many stories are told — are really dependent on…
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I often make the mistake of thinking that something that is obvious to me is obvious to everyone else.
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About 52% of the world's population is female. But most of the positions of power and prestige are occupied by…
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Feminist: A person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes.
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Yes, there's a problem with gender as it is today, and we must fix it, we must do better.
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I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected…
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I've frequently been asked over the years who Lily Savage was based on and I've always answered that it was…
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Imagine for a moment playing by children's rules. If you were at a party and saw someone you liked, you…
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My aunty says I'm the double of my father. He was a workaholic, which I've definitely inherited. And like me,…
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Ash has worked with my dad, so I have to call her Aunty, na?
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Both the five-year-olds looked at me with bewilderment and a bit of fearful uncertainty. I had a sudden horrifying image…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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Long ago, in a burst of friendliness, Aunty and Uncle Jimmy produced a son named Henry…
— Harper Lee
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You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?' Aunty Ifeka said. 'Your…
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While Mumbai is a melting pot of cultures, Delhi is made of community, and we can see these lines quite…
— Vir Das
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We thought of you with love today we thought about you yesterday and days before that too we think of…
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That don't even matter though trying to pay the light bill, light bill, phone bill plus my granny nerve bills,…
— Young Jeezy
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REALITY OF FACEBOOK: . Kali kaluti ladki, FB name WHITE ANGEL . . Motta Genda Ladka, FB name SMARTY GUY…
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