"The only reason race matters is because of…" — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"The only reason race matters is because of racism."
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111 Quotes by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has 111 quotes on this site.
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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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More Matters Quotes
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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a…
— Hannah Arendt
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The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.
— Mary Astell
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Hardware works best when it matters the least.
— Norman Ralph Augustine
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What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and…
— Sai Baba
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I'm not involved in light, frivolous matters. I'm not involved in fringe or side issues. I'm involved in serious issues.
— Michele Bachmann
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Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary…
— Walter Bagehot
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It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance,…
— David Bailey
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Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?
— James A. Baldwin
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Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.
— Arthur Balfour
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The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive…
— Gerry Adams
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I have come to the conclusion that while a candidate's faith matters, what's most important is how he or she…
— Gary Bauer
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Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence.
— Samuel Beckett
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