Jane Smiley Quotes
There are hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings around the United States and in other countries, too. Wright lived into his 90s, and one of his most famous buildings, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, was completed just before his death. Wright buildings look like Wright buildings - that is their paradox.Jane Smiley
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Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.
Keinan Abdi Warsame -
I definitely grew up as a small-town... I guess you could call it the 'small-town football player,' according to the stereotype. I wasn't involved in music at all.
Sam Hunt -
My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
Raf Simons -
I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.
Larry David -
You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!
Dan Aykroyd -
I had an amazing childhood.
Abbie Cornish
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You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available.
Harold H. Greene -
Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I can step into that character's mind. It takes a kind of voluntary dissociation akin to method acting, military planning, marketing, or detective work: to think like the other guy and work out what he's going to do next.
Karen Traviss -
The goal has been not to get pigeonholed. I like working in different genres. I'm gonna try to be entertaining and funny and do my usual thing.
Adam Mansbach -
My golf swing is probably the most horrendous you've ever seen. I look like I'm trying to attack the ball.
Ophelia Lovibond -
North Americans don't understand... that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also humanity.
Fidel Castro -
Think of the wonderful circles in which our whole being moves and from which we cannot escape no matter how we try. The circler circles in these circles.
E. T. A. Hoffmann
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Dirk Nowitzki has been my hero for many years.
Flula Borg -
Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because she's had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy.
Carlos Fuentes -
I'm sharpest early, and though I can rewrite any time, day or night, I'm useless after noon when it comes to writing first draft.
Hallie Ephron -
When you have balance in your life, work becomes an entirely different experience. There is a passion that moves you to a whole new level of fulfillment and gratitude, and that's when you can do your best... for yourself and for others.
Cara Delevingne -
Blacks in the Caribbean, Britain, Canada and sub-Saharan Africa as well as in the United States have low IQ scores relative to whites.
J. Philippe Rushton -
With the Internet and social media being a huge part of today's culture, I think it's super important to promote staying smart online.
G. Hannelius
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Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.
Katarina Witt -
There are different ways to show and tell through Instagram. What's right for one designer will be very different for another designer, and everyone's going to be figuring things out, but it's a great opportunity to use it for feedback.
Eva Chen -
The first time I felt I was famous was when I went to the movies with my mom. I had gone to the loo, and someone in the bathroom said in a very loud voice, Girl in stall No. 1 were you in Mystic Pizza? I paused and I said, yeah that was me.
Julia Roberts -
There are hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings around the United States and in other countries, too. Wright lived into his 90s, and one of his most famous buildings, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, was completed just before his death. Wright buildings look like Wright buildings - that is their paradox.
Jane Smiley