Jamaica Kincaid Quotes
I grew up in a place where books were very, very scarce, and I loved to read. I used to read the writing on my breakfast Ovaltine over and over again because it was in front of me, and I couldn't help but read anything that was in front of me.
Jamaica Kincaid
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
Saint Teresa of Avila
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
Walt Whitman
I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
Sally Mann
I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
Natalia Tena
Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
Victoria Pendleton
My personal opinion is that I'm in the media too much. I'm not a politician, I'm a businessman. I would like to be without any extra visibility.
Viktor Vekselberg
Direct experience is the evasion, or hiding place of those devoid of imagination.
Fernando Pessoa
I love actors, and I love the casting process. It's funny, like, some writers don't like actors because, I think, they are the faces of the show, and so you feel sort of secondary, but I love actors because they elevate the material; they make it better.
Bryan Fuller
I don't think there is enough youth employment or enough push for youths to kind of do want they want to do.
Kaya Scodelario
I grew up in big cities my whole life, and in my late 20s, I just felt like I was looking for something else.
Chloe Zhao
I grew up in a place where books were very, very scarce, and I loved to read. I used to read the writing on my breakfast Ovaltine over and over again because it was in front of me, and I couldn't help but read anything that was in front of me.
Jamaica Kincaid
