Nii Parkes famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

An up-close portrait of middle-class Nigeria exploring the boundaries of morals and public decorum. Pitched between humor and despair, with stripped-down, evocative prose, A Bit of Difference bristles with penknife-sharp dialogue, but its truths are more subtle, hiding in the unspoken. Ultimately, A Bit of Difference explores â€“ with a hint of mischiefâ€“the problem of how to look like you have no problems when you have abundant problemsâ€“the universal problem of the socially-motivated classes.
-- Nii Parkes

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If my heart is broken, I should be thankful that I was blessed to have loved but I cannot live that wisely. That's why I cry.
-- Nii Parkes

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In the 18th century, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny, and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the mass production of cotton. This was truly revolutionary. The cotton manufacturers created a whole new class of people - the urban proletariat. The structure of society itself would never be the same.
Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition
The difference between a gourmet and a gourmand we take to be this: a gourmet is he who selects, for his nice and learned delectation, the most choice delicacies, prepared in the most scientific manner; whereas the gourmand bears a closer analogy to that class of great eaters ill-naturedly (we dare say) denominated, or classed with, aldermen.
It's nice that HBO is in business with the audience and not with the advertisers. There's a difference.
If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.
...the habit of despair is worse than despair itself.
He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.
A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom.

Nii Parkes famous quotes

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