Maggie Nelson Quotes

Yes, I'm writing about motherhood, but I bristle a little bit, especially living with someone whose parenting falls between the cracks of what the culture is ready to recognize as mothering or fathering, but who most certainly is an excellent parent.

Maggie Nelson

Quotes to Explore

If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being.

Eddie Murphy
- People
- House
- You
This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.

Flume
- Life
- Up
- Job
The scene that has raised the most objections in 'The Interview' is at the very end, when Kim's head dissolves into flames. To me, it feels gratuitous.

Barbara Demick
- Me
- End
- Scene
One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.

Madeleine Albright
- Time
- Hand
- Listening
You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.

Hal Sparks
- People
- Time
- Believe
I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.

Washed Out
- Up
- Song
- Kind