Naomi Shihab Nye Quotes
I think whenever you love something or somebody it means that you have to extend yourself, you have to grow - get a little larger. You can't stay in your little comfortable - spot.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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Many people think that the U.S. is ahead in the frontier technology sectors as a result of private sector entrepreneurship. It's not. The U.S. federal government created all these sectors.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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Everything can be satirized.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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If you employ an army, have money, bombard cyberspace with misinformation, innocent people tend to buy it.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you.
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To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storytellers who were so numerous at Laguna Pueblo when I was growing up. I learned to read as soon as I could because I wanted stories without having to depend on adults to tell or read stories to me.
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I loved underground comics and psychedelic art. I did like some supernatural horror, but mainly fantasy. I was into escapism.
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I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm trying to do that in a modest way.
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There's always going to be someone somewhere who doesn't agree with my parents' opinion of me. It can't bother you.
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Never marry but for love; but see that thou lov'st what is lovely.
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I think whenever you love something or somebody it means that you have to extend yourself, you have to grow - get a little larger. You can't stay in your little comfortable - spot.
