Binyavanga Wainaina on platform
Binyavanga Wainaina11 quotes“People reach an age… where somebody elses platform is no longer yours.”
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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 I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether its with Africa or childhood.
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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All our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestations of His grace, power and love.
Hudson TaylorHudson Taylor I’ve always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too.
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Madison BeerMadison Beer I have always been a person who is extremely comfortable in my skin. I have always just been myself in all these years on the public platform.
Aishwarya RaiAishwarya Rai Do we recognize the platform that Indian cinema has been given? Of course. And typically India of us, we gracefully acknowledge our host’s grace and we thank you for celebrating us and our cinema.
Aishwarya RaiAishwarya Rai If I have a platform and a voice, I should use it for my people.
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