Bobbie Ann Mason Quotes

When I was growing up on our 53-acre dairy farm, we were obsessed with food; it was the center of our lives. We planted it, grew it, harvested it, peeled it, cooked it, served it, consumed it - endlessly, day after day, season after season.

Bobbie Ann Mason

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• Inside every adult male is a denied little boy.

  

  Nancy Friday
  • Boy
  • Inside
  • Little

• We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.

  

  Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • Believe
  • Free
  • Choice

• Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
  • War
  • Freedom
  • Alone

• I don't want my marriage or my guns registered in Washington. And if people have an opinion, it's a religious opinion that is heartly felt, obviously they should be allowed to practice that, and no government should interfere with them.

  

  Rand Paul
  • People
  • Government
  • Religious

• It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • People
  • Life
  • Wise

• We are facing extreme volatility.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • Extreme
  • Facing
  • Volatility

• When I left the Giants in 2014, my comments were emotional, insensitive, and misguided, and I truly regret and apologize for my actions. I am committed to working hard to contributing to the success of the Giants.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
  • Success
  • Emotional
  • Regret

• I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.

  

  Karen Allen
  • Like
  • Being
  • Profession

• I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • Believe
  • Way
  • Immortality

• I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty good. I used to train with Atletico Nacional, which is one of the most important teams in Colombia. I used to train every day.

  

  Maluma
  • Good
  • Important
  • Pretty

• I could play for the worst team if they paid the most... If the last-place team offers $200 million and the first-place team offers $10, I'm going to go for the $200-million no matter what team it was.

  

  Zack Greinke
  • Team
  • Matter
  • Most

• As a longtime former resident of 15 years in Washington, I wish that everybody would stay off the Mall with their political cause so that we can get out there, you know, and play flag football or Frisbee, or walk the dog or something - you know, which is, you know, what the National Mall should be for, in my personal opinion.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Political
  • Wish
  • Football

• Incentive schemes, whereby people who have done the most good for humanity are rewarded 20 years into the future, would create the expectation that doing long-term good is valuable.

  

  Jaan Tallinn
  • People
  • Good
  • Long

• Movies are a commercial medium. We don't make movies to impress our friends and critics. It's an expensive medium. We have to gain money from it.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
  • Money
  • Friends
  • Movies

• My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

  

  Harri Holkeri
  • People
  • Together
  • Opinion

• Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Lost
  • Growth
  • Tax

• Everyone who's serious about what they're doing must be in constant motion forward.

  

  Ed O'Brien Radiohead
  • Serious
  • Doing
  • Everyone

• The writing part of my life never changes, because that's just when the inspiration comes.

  

  Randy Owen
  • Life
  • Writing
  • Inspiration

• What I find is that when young people find a brand they relate to, that they feel speaks to them, they want it in every format they can get.

  

  Elaine Welteroth
  • People

• I am up for anything, but my favorite show in the whole world is this English series, 'Skins.' It would be awesome to be able to go on that somehow.

  

  Kevin McHale
  • Up
  • World
  • English

• Men are hung up on breasts. They're looking at the titty dinner. It's pathetic.

  

  Betty Dodson
  • Up
  • Men

• There are days when I still wake up angry, and no one handles it perfectly all the time, but honestly, I feel lucky to have diabetes because of the people I get to meet. The families, the kids, the parents, the other athletes. If I could pick a club to be in, this would definitely be it.

  

  Charlie Kimball
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• When I was growing up on our 53-acre dairy farm, we were obsessed with food; it was the center of our lives. We planted it, grew it, harvested it, peeled it, cooked it, served it, consumed it - endlessly, day after day, season after season.

  

  Bobbie Ann Mason
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