Brigham Young Quotes

It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.

Brigham Young

Wise

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I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a really good work ethic.

Cara Buono
- Up
- Good
- Work
I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.

Caitlin Doughty
- Think
- Death
- Day
Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.

Barbara Kingsolver
- Country
- Fun
- Easy
I don't start with a list of historical scenes that I want to include in the book. At a certain point, the narrative totally takes over, and everything that I include I can only incorporate if it answers to the internal terms of the novel.

Rachel Kushner
- Book
- Want
- Start
For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.

Laura Harring
- Up
- Me
- Value
My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America.

Langston Hughes
- Life
- Writing
- America