Betty Smith Quotes
I need someone. I need to hold somebody close. And I need more than this holding. I need someone to understand how I feel at a time like now. And the understanding must be part of the holding.Betty Smith
Quotes to Explore
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
Mallory Ortberg -
Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
Fareed Zakaria -
When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
Umberto Eco -
You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
Harper Lee -
Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
Waris Dirie -
Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.
Kate Millett
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
Walead Beshty -
You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
Salman Rushdie -
The history of business has shown that companies usually only regulate themselves if they're forced to by legislation, or out of self-interest - often in the shape of a marketable message that will help sell more products.
Maelle Gavet -
An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.
Lascelles Abercrombie -
Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
N. Scott Momaday -
I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.
Ralph Steadman
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I certainly never saw myself as posh.
Laura Carmichael -
I have worked very hard to shed away my chocolate boy image in order to get a tough look for this action entertainer. I am confident of my success and would love to dedicate the same to Director Balachandar sir.
Uday Kiran -
Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
Lady Bird Johnson -
The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
Gary Johnson -
My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.
Manuel Puig -
When I went to Australia, I went shark diving. It was crazy. It was called 'extreme' shark diving because even though we were in cages, we literally could touch the sharks swimming by. They were huge and I'm terrified of sharks. Then I went to a wildlife park and held kangaroos. That was nice.
Taylor Lautner
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I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.
D. H. Lawrence -
I'm sure they will have more sequels for 'Tarzan' where he goes to England, school, and whatever else they can think of. It's a natural that they will continue the series.
Kevin Lima -
Much of God's will for your life is already found in the Bible.
Adrian Rogers -
I doubt I'll ever do another book collaboration; I've been spoiled. Roger and I both happened to move to New Mexico at about the same time, when we each had a family of young kids to raise. Socializing seemed to lead naturally to working together.
Fred Saberhagen -
I need someone. I need to hold somebody close. And I need more than this holding. I need someone to understand how I feel at a time like now. And the understanding must be part of the holding.
Betty Smith