Janine di Giovanni Quotes
In Iraq during the days of Saddam, I had a government minder who followed me everywhere, reported on my activities.
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I would think about the outcome. Visualize sometimes. Because it never comes out the way you want it to. Fight the way I know how to fight. Whatever comes up, comes up.
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Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.
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'Sleepless' was the first thing that came out and really gained a lot of traction online.
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Most pumpkin dishes involve scooping out the seeds, cutting off the skin, and chopping up the flesh before cooking.
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I introduced the Food Security Improvement Act in Congress to remedy the fact that most SNAP beneficiaries find themselves skipping meals or running out of benefits every month.
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What kind of society have we become when children in a great city cannot rely on mothers or fathers for a bowl of cereal in the morning and a brown bag with a sandwich and apple in it for lunch?
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It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
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I have lots of fans, they are mostly under the age of 12, boys and girls.
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You can't take good health for granted.
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I did all sorts of jobs after drama school - working in a bar, as a teaching assistant. I probably learned as much from them as I did at drama school.
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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
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We have, therefore, directed the Irish Army authorities to have field hospitals established in County Donegal adjacent to Derry and at other points along the Border where they may be necessary.
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They'd better be physically tough when they start pulling on their football pants.
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I measure everything, because I always think that if I've spent so much time making sure this recipe was exactly the way I want it, why would I want to throw things into a pot?
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I don't have a problem with being a woman. Women's bodies are so beautiful.
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Well I've seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town they tell you that this rain can sting, and look down there is no blood around see no sign of pain hay ay ay no pain seeing no red at all, see no rain.
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As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam.
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I write for the love of writing. If I never published another book, I would still be writing stories.
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The presidency is not an office job.
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One of my favourite books of all time: 'The Great Gatsby'. I just think it's so well written.
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...as I apprehend the Buddhist doctrine of karma, I agree in principle with that.
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What a writer can do, what a fiction writer or a poet or an essay writer can do is re-engage people with their own humanity.
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In Iraq during the days of Saddam, I had a government minder who followed me everywhere, reported on my activities.
