Jamaica Kincaid Quotes
I write a lot in my head. The revision goes on internally. It's not spontaneous and it doesn't have a schedule.
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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Be where the acting is. I live in Houston. Dallas is 4 1/2 hours away. I let them know there's no difference.
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I want to come and play in cities and states where transgender citizens are not discriminated against, where there's no hateful bathroom bills at the shows where I'm going to be playing.
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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.
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I have no regrets, none whatsoever.
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I have to go with what the painting says to me. The painting is always informing me. I'm its servant; it's not mine. I'm doing what it wants.
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You are only as good as the people you dress.
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It had been almost 30 years since the LPGA has played in Mexico. We are definitely looking forward to playing there next year and also coming back to play in Mexico in a month or so.
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I have a lot of fun writing for artists, but I'm learning to apply that fun to myself.
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Thomas Tuchel is a coach who can work in the long-term.
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It wasn't just OK to achieve in my family - it was expected.
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I flew to New York to do a commercial back in the day when people could meet you at the gate, and the little agent when I came off the plane said, 'Oh, Miss Carr, we are so happy to have you here.' I went, 'Oh, for goodness sakes.'
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Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed, and, if we're as intelligent as we like to think we are, never abandoned.
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And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I think it's enormously comforting to believe that you're going to see your loved ones.
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For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know.
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The consumption of petroleum should be conserved. We need to adopt some austerity measures. The people should cooperate with us.
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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
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Flying over New Orleans on our approach, I got it. There was no view of land without water - water in the great looming form of Lake Pontchartrain, water cutting through in tributaries, water flowing beside a long stretch of highway, water just - everywhere.
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Short stories can be rather stark and bare unless you put in the right details. Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better.
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You should know that my most important contribution was always in tailoring; coats, jackets, wool dresses… so few of which went into the magazines.
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When you make a lot of money for a record company, they don't want you to evolve. Growing older, you naturally do.
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My view is we should be doing everything we can to come up with ways of exploiting the current technology effectively.
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What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice,Of Attic taste?
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I write a lot in my head. The revision goes on internally. It's not spontaneous and it doesn't have a schedule.
