Marlon James Quotes
If your depiction of loss doesn't make the reader feel loss, then you didn't depict it right.Marlon James
Quotes to Explore
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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 -
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 -
Nothing personal - I am just doing my job.
Manny Pacquiao -
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 -
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 -
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
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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 -
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 -
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 -
Rap is from the streets and I'm from the streets. That's why a lot of people accept me.
Vanilla Ice -
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 -
Hunting was the labour of the savages of North America, but the amusement of the gentlemen of England.
Samuel Johnson
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Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries.
J. B. Priestley -
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 -
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 -
Writing in a strict form can surprise you.
Anne Stevenson -
The characters that I'm typically drawn to are sensitive men who are experiencing some sense of identity crisis or growth in their life that they don't know how to overcome.
Billy Crudup
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‘Then I guess we have no choice but to go forward. When have we ever had any choice but to go forward?’
Christopher Paolini -
Abuse is an indirect species of homage.
William Hazlitt -
Something had changed-but it was not the street-The street was just the same-it was himself.
Conrad Aiken -
I always had a short bob with bangs, and I hated it. My mum would always say, 'A short hair cut is always the way to go for you.' I had it for fourteen years!
Irina Shayk -
I kind of date my musical discovery back to when I was 13 years old, getting my iTunes account and using that as a major tool to discover new music.
Nick Jonas Jonas Brothers -
If your depiction of loss doesn't make the reader feel loss, then you didn't depict it right.
Marlon James