Jamaica Kincaid Quotes
One of the things reading does, it makes your loneliness manageable if you are an essentially lonely person.
Quotes to Explore
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
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What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
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I hope that we can continue this cooperation on other critical issues related to America's future technological competitiveness. We must work together to encourage the creative talents that have made our country the world leader in technology.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.
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I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only get so many words, so everything has to earn its place in a really economical way. I think for stage writing, you have more leeway.
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The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that... when people take things that now aren't even being tested for, does it make any sense?
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I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.
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Drama starts where logic ends.
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Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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I think I am one of the smallest surviving brands.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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New friends may be poems but old friends are alphabets. Don't forget the alphabets because you will need them to read the poems.
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I've realized along the way that a lot of things that I do as a performer are about waiting for somebody to write something for me or develop something for me, but music, music was the thing that I don't have to wait for anybody's permission to do.
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Reading is like the sex act - done privately, and often in bed.
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I'm very impatient, and if I get a new piece of technology, no matter what it is - I recently got the iPhone, which is very exciting - I can't be doing with reading manuals. I want it to work immediately and to do what I want it to do.
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If there's an audience, I think they're going to expect me to be funny. But what if I'm not funny? What if I fail?
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One of the things reading does, it makes your loneliness manageable if you are an essentially lonely person.
