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I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.
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Every human being has a bit of gangster in him.
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In kindergarten, we had this Irish Catholic headmistress called Sister Leonie, and I remember she wo...
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I have learned that I, we, are a dollar-a-day people (which is terrible, they say, because a cow in ...
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There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nige...
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Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that Afr...
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Cloud travel is well and good when you have mastered the landings. I never have. I must live, not dr...
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I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether it's with Africa or childhood.
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All people have dignity. There's nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit.
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA
I'm not even sure I want to use the term 'coming out.'
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA
I'm extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA
People reach an age... where somebody else's platform is no longer yours.
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA
Living in South Africa and periodically coming back to Kenya, my relationship with officialdom in Ke...
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA
It's like I was always not quite sure even how to move in space somehow; I would watch people an...
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I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an A...
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA
We are a mixed up people. We have mixed up ways of naming, too... When my father's brothers and ...
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Every one, we, we homosexuals, are people, and we need our oxygen to breathe.
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There's no point for me in being a writer and having all these blocked places where I feel I can...
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When I went to live in South Africa, I immediately began to understand what went wrong. Because here...
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA
I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens.
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I am quite excited that Moi is leaving. Kenyans have changed. We have a free press, and it is no lon...
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I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for ...
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I have the iPad and I love Words With Friends.
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Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing wi...
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Go away. I'm all right.
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I love playing around with vintage fabrics and lace.
HELENA CHRISTENSEN
I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express fee...
JANE CHEN
I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right wor...
MARGARET HADDIX
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.
JAMES A. MICHENER
In designing my bridal collections, I love mixing luxe fabrics, which give the most beautiful textur...
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She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamation points and inaccurate obser...
J.D. SALINGER
Father said I have no sense of humor at all. He said I was unequipped to meet life because I have no...
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You take a really sleepy man, Esmé, and he always stands a chance of again becoming a man with all ...
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He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor.
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Written in ink, in German, in a small, hopelessly sincere handwriting, were the words "Dear God, lif...
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I love using rice as a flour; I'll grind roasted rice and dip fish in that. It gives a beautiful...
MARCUS SAMUELSSON
I did the traditional thing with falling in love with words, reading books and underlining lines I l...
CARRIE FISHER
I talk by playing, not by words.
BERNIE WORRELL
Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with...
PAT CONROY
Before I fell
in love with words,
with setting skies
and singing birds—
it wa...
LANG LEAV
I love being in the editing room and playing with tempo and with the rhythm of shots.
DAMIEN CHAZELLE
I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.
LARRY NIVEN
I love playing with Phil. I had a lot of fun.
FREDDIE COUPLES
I love taking things out of context and playing with them and chopping up rules.
HELEN OYEYEMI
The nurse knew that those who really love, love in silence, with deeds and not with words.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN
I love you more than words. And I am a big fan of words.
JOE DUNTHORNE
Words make love with one another.
ANDRE BRETON
That cat was a spy. You had to take a pot shot at it. It was a very clever German midget dres...
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I love playing big games. I love playing BC - you can't beat that.
CHAD COMROE
I love playing sport.
DAMIAN LEWIS
I love playing villains.
ALFRED MOLINA
I love playing the guitar.
CHANG CHEN-YUE
I love words,
EARLE HYMAN
The timing of this is awful. Plus, I love playing against Detroit, and I love playing in Joe Louis A...
DUVIE WESTCOTT
[And, of course, there are mushrooms.] I love porcini; it's my favorite, ... It has a similar textur...
JACK CZARNECKI
I always pan-fry sprouts - it retains texture and enhances flavour.
YOTAM OTTOLENGHI
It's tough. I'm pretty surprised. I felt as though I did everything I could do. . . . I felt great w...
DREW HADDAD
"No three words have greater power than 'I Love You'." ♥ With Love: life becomes beautiful ♥ ♥...
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I'd love to see T'he Avengers' with Robert Downey, Jr. playing Loki and Clark Gregg play...
TOM HIDDLESTON
This is a love letter with eight words.
CRYSTAL FANALE
Love is the colour of spring sunshine muted through old windows. Love has a taste, a texture - dark ...
CHLOE THURLOW
Your lies are like a silent fart. Can't see 'em, but
I can smell 'em.
ERIC JEROME DICKEY
Playing clubs is the ultimate - you see the faces; you hear the 'clicking' glasses - I love ...
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I prefer love by action, than love by words.
~ANYA SUNDQUIST~
I love the words, because they love me too.
M.F. MOONZAJER
I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
VALORIE CURRY
I love playing FIFA on my PlayStation!
TIESTO
I'm a live performer and I love playing live.
TIM FINN
I love playing baseball man. I am always playing baseball and I definitely want to play in college.
ALVIN SIMMONS
I'm a smoky eye girl. I love playing with eye colors, metallics... fun stuff!
KAT GRAHAM
I played football first. I love football. I'm a die-hard Broncos fan. I loved football, but in t...
CHAUNCEY BILLUPS
I have tasted words, I have seen them. Never had her hands reached out in darkness and felt the text...
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My wife loves written words ... you know, words that stick to parchment and paper like dead flies, a...
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We're playing Scrabble. It's a nightmare."

"Scrabble?" He sounds surprised. "Scrabble's g...
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If you're asking me where my heart and where I'm happy is, I love playing with Tom Brady. I ...
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I fell in love with words in all languages, and I read everything I could find, particularly myths a...
KERRY GREENWOOD
There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I h...
AUDREY NIFFENEGGER
There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I h...
DODIE SMITH
I love playing to people and seeing them react.
MADELEINE PEYROUX
Love me, then, or hate me, as you will," I said at last, "you have my full and free forgiveness: ask...
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Out of the sky, the birds, the parrots, the bells, silk, cloth, and drums, out of Sundays dancing, c...
AIME CESAIRE
I love playing other people's work. I love acting.
ERIC BOGOSIAN
Since I first picked up the violin, I've been very interested in tone and texture: I would have ...
ANDREW BIRD
Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18
1 JOHN 3:18
Most powerful... ONE word: CONGRATULATIONS. TWO words: THANK YOU. THREE words: I LOVE YOU.
LORRIN L. LEE
My relationship stays strong because I serenade her with my actions and I write poetry in her heart ...
STEVE MARABOLI
I love winning more than I love playing badminton. Winning is everything.
SAINA NEHWAL
I've always been in love with language. My favorite book is a dictionary. I have always loved wo...
DENIS VILLENEUVE
I love playing the bad girl.
KRISTIN RENTON
I love playing the bad girl.
KRISTEN RENTON
In a natural, fun way, kids are playing with words. It's making their little heads work when they ar...
LAURIE LAPAN
In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to l...
WALLACE STEVENS
In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to l...
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I love eye makeup. I really like doing a cat eye, playing with liquid liners and different colors of...
OLIVIA WILDE
In my mind, numbers and words are far more than squiggles of ink on a page. They have form, color, t...
DANIEL TAMMET
Words of love are wonderful when they are spoken with genuine purpose and from the heart.
LEAH DANCEL
It was the best news I got all week. I love playing with Gavin. He is a great leader.
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She is our core player. She brings incredible energy, and we love playing with her and with her ener...
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People reach an age... where somebody else's platform is no longer yours.
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Every one, we, we homosexuals, are people, and we need our oxygen to breathe.
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There's no point for me in being a writer and having all these blocked places where I feel I can...
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When I went to live in South Africa, I immediately began to understand what went wrong. Because here...
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA
I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens.
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA
I am quite excited that Moi is leaving. Kenyans have changed. We have a free press, and it is no lon...
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I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for ...
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA