Marlon James Quotes

If your depiction of loss doesn't make the reader feel loss, then you didn't depict it right.

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• How can we make sure that Confucianism is to be practiced? One must enforce it with power, and to have power, one must have a strong army.

  

  Zhang Zhidong
  • Power
  • Strong
  • Army

• When I was little I had this notion of being a marine biologist. I grew up by the ocean so I was always in the water but realistically, I don't think I would make the best marine biologist.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Up
  • Water
  • Best

• Nothing personal - I am just doing my job.

  

  Manny Pacquiao
  • Job
  • Personal

• I've learned there's nothing wrong with being a little fussy. I used to pride myself on being low-maintenance - I wore it like a badge of honor.

  

  Becki Newton
  • Myself
  • Pride
  • Honor

• I don't think it's a coincidence that 'The War Room' and 'A Perfect Candidate' are films that have been consistently shown and available for rental for 20 years. These are films that are more about the moment in which they were filmed: they also have a great deal to say about larger issues about who we are as a country.

  

  R. J. Cutler
  • Great
  • Country
  • War

• The greatest service that can be offered to children who show personality traits or inclinations that might not be understood by the adults around them is to allow them to express their own unique humanity.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Children
  • Humanity
  • Service

• I'm not a Luddite at all. I love all this stuff. I look at all the gadgets that come out and I think, 'Oh, this fix works for me. But the rest don't.' I'm not genuflecting in front of the God of Newness.

  

  Carl Honore
  • God
  • Think
  • Works

• I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • People
  • Point
  • Horrible

• Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I love hearing from readers instantly on Twitter.

  

  R. L. Stine
  • Fun
  • Books
  • Hearing

• I feel vulnerable because my mind - because of the stroke, my mind doesn't focus. And then I feel vulnerable because I don't understand the world around me.

  

  Ram Dass
  • World
  • Mind
  • Focus

• Rap is from the streets and I'm from the streets. That's why a lot of people accept me.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • People
  • Me
  • Rap

• My friends, this is a wholly unprepared speech. I did not expect to be called upon to say a word when I came here. I supposed I was merely to do something towards raising a flag. I may, therefore, have said something indiscreet, but I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, in the pleasure of Almighty God, die by.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • God
  • Live
  • May

• Hunting was the labour of the savages of North America, but the amusement of the gentlemen of England.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • America
  • Hunting

• Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries.

  

  J. B. Priestley
  • Writing
  • Pregnancy

• I did not care for Wagner. My tastes are more classical. Der Fuhrer had no musical taste and liked Wagner because of the bombastic Teutonic glories.

  

  Hans Frank

• Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.

  

  Agatha Christie
  • Courage

• They had a hi-fi phono, boy, did they let it blast Seven hundred little records, all rock, rhythm and jazz But when the sun went down, the rapid tempo of the music fell 'C'est la vie', say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell

  

  Chuck Berry
  • Music
  • Rock
  • Boy

• If you're a woman, just make a freaking good movie. I don't believe in the women who say, 'It's too hard, I'm getting shot down.'

  

  Katie Aselton
  • Good
  • Believe
  • Women

• Writing in a strict form can surprise you.

  

  Anne Stevenson
  • Writing

• So long, Mom I'm off to drop the bomb So don't wait up for me But while you swelter Down there in your shelter You can see me On your TV

  

  Tom Lehrer
  • Long
  • Waiting
  • Bombs

• A band is not a democracy: It's show business.

  

  James McBride
  • Business
  • Band
  • Democracy

• Most people are multi-talented and good at a lot of things, so I just think it's smart, especially in this day and age where the competition is so fierce, in every avenue, to have a bunch of things you're doing.

  

  Allie Gonino
  • Competition
  • Fierce
  • Multi-Talented

• If your depiction of loss doesn't make the reader feel loss, then you didn't depict it right.

  

  Marlon James