Jamaica Kincaid Quotes
Everyone who knew me as a child, they say they're not surprised that I became a writer because I wrote all the time. I don't remember writing, because I wouldn't have had the tools, but I think what they are saying is that I would pretend I was a writer.Jamaica Kincaid
Quotes to Explore
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
Tamae Watanabe -
When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
Taylour Paige -
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 -
Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
Pam Brown -
We just here to do our job.
Quavo Migos -
I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
Rachelle Lefevre
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Polo is the most inviting sport I've ever seen.
Nacho Figueras -
At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
Kate Moss -
My schedule is so crazy.
J. J. Watt -
I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
Nathan Lane -
I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
Laura Hillenbrand -
Environmental concern is a phenomena that tends to rise in a nation after a certain level of wealth.
Ramez Naam
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
Ursula K. Le Guin -
Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
Harold Prince -
The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
Harold B. Lee -
I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
Karen Gillan -
Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.
Madeleine M. Kunin
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
Ed Sheeran -
Maybe dogs were one of the secrets of the universe.
Benjamin Alire Saenz -
The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life.
Daniel D. Palmer -
But you've got to make choices, and you're not going to be right all the time.
Earl Butz -
Everyone who knew me as a child, they say they're not surprised that I became a writer because I wrote all the time. I don't remember writing, because I wouldn't have had the tools, but I think what they are saying is that I would pretend I was a writer.
Jamaica Kincaid