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“Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no 'Nigerians' in the same sense as there are 'English,' 'Welsh,' or 'French.' The word 'Nigerian' is merely a distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not.”
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“Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to a place that's above the mundane. Everything else is just bullshit.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“...to all the monsters in my nursery: May you never leave me alone.”
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“I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.”
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“Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh.”
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“My talk show takes place in bed, in Italy.”
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“The Seinfeld motto: No learning, no hugging”
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“Writing is.... being able to take something whole and fiercely alive that exists inside you in some unknowable combination of thought, feeling, physicality, and spirit, and to then store it like a genie in tense, tiny black symbols on a calm white page. If the wrong reader comes across the words, they will remain just words. But for the right readers, your vision blooms off the page and is absorbed into their minds like smoke, where it will re-form, whole and alive, fully adapted to its new environment.”
Source : FaceBook post by Mary Gaitskill from May 15, 2012