James Dickey Quotes

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• God doesn't want us to merely sit around dreaming about things we can do and be. That's a good place to start, but a poor place to stop. God wants us to turn our dreams into action.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Good
  • God
  • Action

• I'm on the road earning my money. I didn't get any million pound record deals. Not unless you're Jedward! I'm doing very well, but I still have a mortgage to pay off. So I'm on the road.

  

  Imelda May
  • Money
  • Road
  • Doing

• We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Give
  • Take
  • Noble

• Don't hate me, but I've always been skinny. I got lucky.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Hate
  • Me
  • Always

• Reverence is fatal to literature.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Literature
  • Reverence
  • Fatal

• The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.

  

  Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony
  • Time
  • Music
  • Long

• Some people think they should go to Heaven but not have to die to get there. Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • People
  • Die
  • Heaven

• I am gluten free, dairy free and sugar free, although I do slip up on the sugar sometimes because I have a big sweet tooth!

  

  Tabatha Coffey
  • Free
  • Sweet
  • Dairy

• I know I'm happy and can't wait to see where my career will go next. This isn't the end for any of us. I can understand why they are upset but I want them to move forward and look for the future.

  

  LaToya London
  • Why
  • Happy
  • Future

• It sounds pretentious to say I 'divide' my time, but when I am home, that usually means my house in Atlanta or my cabin in the North Georgia Mountains. The latter is where I do the majority of my writing.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Home

• When I go to clubs, I don't have to wait outside.

  

  Fetty Wap
  • Go
  • Wait
  • Outside

• You can talk good ideas out of existence.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Good
  • Ideas
  • Existence

• Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.

  

  Iris Chang
  • Time
  • Country
  • Young

• It's hard for the majority of people to accept what they don't understand.

  

  J. D. Pardo
  • People
  • Understand
  • Accept

• This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.

  

  Tahar Ben Jelloun
  • Mother
  • Words
  • Universe

• I'm a goody-goody. I'm the person who sits in the back row, makes fun of the teacher, and secretly does the extra-credit work.

  

  Patricia Marx
  • Work
  • Fun
  • Teacher

• I used to wear boxers and a tank top, but now I sleep in the nude. It's kind of weird, because I used to have to wear something to bed, whether it was a tank top or whatever. And now if I have any clothes at all on, it's really hard to get to sleep.

  

  Laura Prepon
  • Sleep
  • Weird
  • Clothes

• In television, a sitcom is probably the closest thing to what it's like working in the theater.

  

  B. D. Wong
  • Like
  • Working
  • Television

• I goggled. Her words did not appear to make sense. They seemed the mere aimless vapouring of an aunt who has been sitting out in the sun without a hat.

  

  P. G. Wodehouse
  • Words
  • Sun
  • Aunt

• I need to eliminate 'like' from my vocabulary. I begin sentences with, 'That's seriously like... ' I hear myself talking in this Los Angeles high-school student kind of way, and I hate it.

  

  Eli Roth
  • School
  • High
  • Hate

• Everybody has values. Now, you know it may be formed in a secular setting, it may be formed in an intellectual setting, but everybody comes forward with values.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • May
  • Know
  • Values

• The 'Fake News Alert' Chrome extension, created by 'New York Magazine' journalist Brian Feldman, identifies hoax news articles. However, cutting out fake news source entirely from operating is easier said than done, since anyone with internet access can create fake news.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Done
  • Cutting
  • Internet

• Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.

  

  Gillian Anderson
  • Face
  • Fears
  • Set Your Mind

• I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome.

  

  James Dickey