"We do not just risk repeating history if……" — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"We do not just risk repeating history if we sweep it under the carpet, we also risk being myopic about our present."

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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111 Quotes by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has 111 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to…
The novels I love, the ones I remember, the ones I re-read, have an empathetic human quality, or 'emotional truth'.…
I divide my time between Columbia, Maryland, and Lagos, Nigeria.
Creative writing programmes are not very necessary. They just exist so that people like us can make a living.
There are many different ways to be poor in the world but increasingly there seems to be one single way…
At some point I was a HappyAfricanFeminist who does not hate men. And who likes lip gloss and who wears…
How [stories] are told, who tells them, when they’re told, how many stories are told — are really dependent on…
I often make the mistake of thinking that something that is obvious to me is obvious to everyone else.
About 52% of the world's population is female. But most of the positions of power and prestige are occupied by…
Feminist: A person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes.
Yes, there's a problem with gender as it is today, and we must fix it, we must do better.
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 Carpet Quotes

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I've been that celebrity on the red carpet, and I appreciate that something hasn't got to just look good from… — Victoria Beckham
From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity. — Richie Benaud
Being with Al Gore on the red carpet in Cannes was exciting - he's like a rock star unto himself! — Lawrence Bender
My view is quite simple. When your dog pees on the carpet, you do not give away your dog. You… — Jacqueline Bisset
I used to look like a deer in headlights on the red carpet. You step out of the car and… — Emily Blunt
All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white… — Erma Bombeck
Leaving my house and getting on to a red carpet is always crazy for me, because you have to find… — Sandra Bullock
I almost choke on my popcorn when I hear film stars, who walk on red carpets as much as the… — Julie Burchill
I love dressing up and doing the red carpet every once in a while, but I am very much a… — Kelly Clarkson
What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet. — Woody Allen
I've walked with very famous people down red carpets over to the crowd of thousands of people, and you'll reach… — George Clooney
Let it be said that the makeup artist at '90210' made me look better for the fake red carpet than… — Diablo Cody

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