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.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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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.'
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I longed to be bright and most certainly never was. I was rather hopeless, I suspect.
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Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.
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I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others.
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The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.
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Coming out was crucial to changing attitudes about gays and lesbians: will people feel differently about abortion if they know their mother, their aunt, or their friend had one?
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I'm intrigued by people who are super adept at manipulating their own image. We all do it to a certain extent.
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You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'
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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
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I drink seven Coca-Colas a day. Regular Coke, which is really bad for me.
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It was actually my older brother who wanted to start acting. He would point at the TV as a kid and tell my mom he wanted to do it, and he would act his favorite scenes from 'Home Alone.'
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I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.
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I love my Kindle, but there are many books that I need to physically own. I think having the choice makes all the difference. Instant gratification - buying a book digitally and owning it sixty seconds later - really is a revolutionary act.
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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.
