Binyavanga Wainaina on feelings
Binyavanga Wainaina11 quotes“I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether its with Africa or childhood.”
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I love playing with words and texture.
Binyavanga WainainaBinyavanga Wainaina I, like all artists in Western cultures, am a shaman…come in the guise of a comic…to heal perception by using…’jokes’.
Bill HicksBill Hicks I’m extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.
Binyavanga WainainaBinyavanga Wainaina I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.
Binyavanga WainainaBinyavanga Wainaina Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated
Binyavanga WainainaBinyavanga Wainaina I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for everyone, regardless of colour, religion, nationality, orientation – you know the rest.
Binyavanga WainainaBinyavanga Wainaina A stretch of my body would surely stretch as far as the sky. The whole universe poised, and I am the agent of any movement.
Binyavanga WainainaBinyavanga Wainaina All people have dignity. Theres nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit.
Binyavanga WainainaBinyavanga Wainaina People reach an age… where somebody elses platform is no longer yours.
Binyavanga WainainaBinyavanga Wainaina Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the suburbs of London.
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Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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Sure you have feelings and you get emotional and angry but I kept everything inside because I think I still had that thought in my mind – I didn’t want to get suspended again
Bjorn BorgBjorn Borg I’ll try to be careful, but I know I’m not immune, cause I just can’t imagine how I’d ever come to harm with this feeling that I’m feeling as I’m drowning in your arms.
Beth Nielsen ChapmanBeth Nielsen Chapman When you’re doing stand-up, you achieve an intimacy with the audience you can’t get on TV. There’s not a better feeling in the entire world then when you look out and see the audience is identifying with you.
Bill EngvallBill Engvall Sometimes I get the feeling that I’m stranded in the wrong time where love is just a lyric in a children’s rhyme
Bil KeaneBil Keane One of the quickest ways to become exhausted is by suppressing your feelings.
Bill VaughanBill Vaughan I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The problem with righteous indignation is that even when you’re right, you’re still left feeling indignant.
Bill CrawfordBill Crawford My favourite things are jokes, friendliness and feeling comfortable.
Billy ChildishBilly Childish