"Growing up in Kenya, slum life was not far away. I had family that lived in slums, so I visited them often, and so I've seen and interacted with abject poverty. But I also know that because of that, poverty is not the definition of the people that live there."

-- Lupita Nyong'o

#Growing Up Quotes #People Quotes #Kenya Quotes

“Line is the most powerful device of drawing.”
“I made education the highest priority of my campaign - actually education and jobs - and the reason is a simple one: I think the future of America depends on it.”
“I believe if you ask any singer who was the greatest country music singer of all time, they would say 'George Jones'. He was without question and by far the BEST! I first met and worked with him when I was 13 years old; I am so very grateful that he was my friend.”
“How was it possible that entire lives could change, could be destroyed, and that streets and buildings remained the same, she wondered.”

Source : Tatiana de Rosnay (2007). “Sarah's Key”, p.158, Macmillan
“I was really psyched about crooner types like Frank Sinatra or Scott Walker. Something that comes more from the stomach than the throat. There's an emotional thrust to singing that way that I wanted to try on my own. I can't really sing deep and strong like that, but I wanted to just aim in that direction.”
“Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.”
“Men who leave their money to be distributed by others are pie-faced mutts,”
“Envy is the ulcer of the soul.”

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