"You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?' Aunty Ifeka said. 'Your life belongs to you and you alone."

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Source : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2008). “Half of a Yellow Sun”, p.283, Anchor

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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“Whatever I do, I attempt to do it fully. I try, and don't always succeed, to be thorough. There are musicians who do not know their worth, and if they knew it at one time, it has eluded them. I know my worth. You try not to dwell in the past.”
“Just as the Supreme Court has said that women have the right to choose whether or not to be parents, men should also have that right.”
“Why should I be sad? Everyone has to die. If you have a body, it's too late to cry. It's only funerals I can't stand.”

Source : Rachel Klein (2012). “The Moth Diaries”, Faber & Faber
“I do get lots of links to advance screeners, which helps, but there's no way I could do my job without the full-on cable subscription.”

Source : "What to Watch: TV chat with Hank Stuever". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. November 19, 2015.
“Honestly, because of the way women were treated, I wouldn't want to go back to Puritan times.”

Source : "Janet Montgomery Talks SALEM, How Much Fun She Has with Her Role, Why the Witch Trials Are Still Fascinating, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 15, 2014.
“Reducing our desires and eliminating false neediness is the answer to resolving the nagging inner discomfort that we feel.”
“I sort of look at music as helping me get through situations.”

Source : Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Behind weight gain are the larger hurts and questions that have to be explored, probed, and understood before weight loss and maintenance is a possibility. It's a bigger issue than just calories in, calories out.”

Source : Ali VIncent (2010). “Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life”, p.3, Rodale

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