Jenny Zhang Quotes
The historical legacy of 'The Best American Poetry' is they've had very few editors who were not white. They've had very few instances where they've selected poems by non-white poets.Jenny Zhang
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
H. L. Mencken -
I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.
Oscar Pistorius -
My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.
Kailash Kher -
I am sure that the Ukrainian nation deserves a better life. That is why I have voted for good changes and for stability.
Viktor Yanukovych -
I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
Randy Bachman The Guess Who -
Inevitably, I think the people that want to work with me are also the people that I want to work with.
Dane DeHaan
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Two of my theatres are 1930s and the other five are by Sprague, the greatest Edwardian architect of the lot. They've needed a lot of work doing to them but they were built very well.
Cameron Mackintosh -
When I learned that flour pound for pound has as many calories as sugar, and that when eating pasta you're basically eating cake, I was size 23, and my neck was restricting my breathing, and so I got on a microbiotic diet and got myself an exercise bike.
Caitlin Moran -
I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
Tahar Ben Jelloun -
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
Barbara Ehrenreich -
I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.
Randeep Hooda -
We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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In England, we have this saying about Marmite: people either love it or hate it. That's like a lot of the movie work I've done. People either find it repulsive or find it really interesting and get engaged in it.
Eddie Redmayne -
I think the art fair is very much a form of urbanism. I think something really happens to the cities when such a fair happens. The city becomes an exhibition; it's amazing.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist -
I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry.
Malcolm D. Lee -
Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the poetry comes from. The most important things are to respect the language; to know the classical rules, even if only to break them; and to be prepared to edit, to revise, to shape.
Yusef Komunyakaa -
What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.
Natalia Kills
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At the end of the day, media is going to say whatever they're going to say.
Jason Pierre-Paul -
I believe with all my heart that the American classroom teachers are one of our greatest and most heroic treasures.
Patricia Polacco -
I think the overwhelming majority of the American people know that we have got to stand together, that we're going to grow together, that we're going to survive together, and that if we start splintering, we're not going to succeed in a highly competitive international economy.
Bernie Sanders -
The cast of 'Fukrey' will remain the same in the sequel. But the story is more of a fresh one.
Ali Fazal -
It's difficult for democracy to function properly under the most favorable circumstances, but it has no chance at all when millions of voters are divorced from objective reality and incapable of understanding what is going on in Washington.
David Harsanyi -
The historical legacy of 'The Best American Poetry' is they've had very few editors who were not white. They've had very few instances where they've selected poems by non-white poets.
Jenny Zhang