Chris Abani My mother was English. My parents met in Oxford in the ’50s, and my mother moved to Nigeria and lived there. She was five foot two, very feisty and very English. – Chris Abani English Quotes Feisty Quotes Foot Quotes Lived Quotes Met Quotes Mother Quotes Moved Quotes Nigeria Quotes Oxford Quotes Parents Quotes When I was growing up in Nigeria – and I shouldn’t say Nigeria, because that’s too general, but in Afikpo, the Igbo part of the country where I’m from – there were always rites of passage for young men. Men were taught to be men in the ways in which we are not women; that’s essentially what it is. My search is always to find ways to chronicle, to share and to document stories about people, just everyday people. Stories that offer transformation, that lean into transcendence, but that are never sentimental, that never look away from the darkest things about us.
Effa Manley Babe Ruth made a baseball fan of me. I used to go to Yankee Stadium just to see him come to bat. – Effa Manley
Nick Park Americans like the British kind of quirkiness and the strange accent. They find it kind of cute or something, with a certain charm. – Nick Park
Isabela Moner There are tons of actors and actresses I admire. But I really admire Jennifer Lawrence because she has won awards and made so many great movies, and she still seems so down-to-earth and funny. – Isabela Moner
Kei Nishikori I think Japanese people like teamwork. Sometimes they don’t try to be No. 1 or different to other people. That can be good but sometimes it means you don’t get a dream or a strong goal. – Kei Nishikori
Pokimane I think there is a bit of a pressure to look presentable when it’s time to create content, especially because it will be seen by so many people. – Pokimane
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