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Nobody just leaves medical school, especially given it's fiercely competitive to get in. But I had a sister who was a doctor, another who was a pharmacist, a brother who was an engineer. So my parents already had sensible children who would be able to make an actual living, and I think they felt comfortable sacrificing their one strange child.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Some people ask, 'Why the word 'feminist'? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?' Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general - but to choose to use the vague expression 'human rights' is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Topics: Ask Because Believer Choose Course Deny Dishonest Expression Feminism Feminist Gender General Human Human Rights Just Like Part Particular People Problem Rights Say Some Some People Something Specific Use Vague Why Why Not Word Would You

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I am a person who believes in asking questions, in not conforming for the sake of conforming. I am deeply dissatisfied - about so many things, about injustice, about the way the world works - and in some ways, my dissatisfaction drives my storytelling.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Topics: About Am Asking Asking Questions Believes Conforming Deeply Dissatisfaction Dissatisfied Drives Injustice Many Person Questions Sake Some Storytelling Things Way Ways Who Works World I Am

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For me, feminism is a movement for which the end goal is to make itself no longer needed.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Girls are socialised in ways that are harmful to their sense of self - to reduce themselves, to cater to the egos of men, to think of their bodies as repositories of shame. As adult women, many struggle to overcome, to unlearn, much of that social conditioning.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Topics: Adult Bodies Cater Conditioning Egos Girl Harmful Many Men Much Overcome Reduce Self Sense Shame Social Struggle Themselves Think Unlearn Ways Women

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Some men feel threatened by the idea of feminism. This comes, I think, from the insecurity triggered by how boys are brought up, how their sense of self-worth is diminished if they are not 'naturally' in charge as men.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Lasting love has to be built on mutual regard and respect. It is about seeing the other person. I am very interested in relationships and, when I watch couples, sometimes I can sense a blindness has set in. They have stopped seeing each other. It is not easy to see another person.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Because gender can be uncomfortable, there are easy ways to close this conversation. Some people will bring up evolutionary biology and apes, how female apes bow to male apes - that sort of thing. But the point is this: we are not apes. Apes also live in trees and eat earthworms. We do not.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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I think white women need to wake up and say, 'Not all women are white,' three times in front of the mirror.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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I think people are frightened of saying what they think, and I think that's a bad thing for society.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Biography

Nationality: Nigerian

Type: Writer

Born: September 15th, 1977

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