Jesmyn Ward Quotes
There are moments from childhood that attract heat in our memories, some for their sublime brilliance, some for their malignancy. The first time that I was treated differently because of my race is one such memory.
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I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments.
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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I went to South Africa on safari and came eye to eye with a beautiful leopard. We were so close; I was staring at him for a long time and I felt a recognition with my own nature.
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While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.
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I can't take much pride in my childhood acting. It feels like it happened in another lifetime, and even then, it felt like a hobby.
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If you don't feel like you're ready to get your license - just because people are putting pressure on you, don't feel like you have to rush into something. Take your time, really feel confident and be ready. It doesn't matter what other people say, do what's best for you and makes you feel safe.
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Writers are storytellers. So are readers.
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You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
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I Sellotape whole tins of sardines to my face at night, attach two squeezed lemon rinds to my armadillo-skinned elbows, and put cucumber on my eyes. By the time I'm finished, I look like a fruit salad with added fish. In the morning, the pillow is pretty much a write-off.
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I've been influenced by some of the greatest designers. Charles Eames. And Bruno Munari in the '50s in Italy - when they had to retool the industry of war into an industry to help society. In a way, I'm influenced by designers that were there at a radical time of change.
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Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways.
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I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set.
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'Forrest Gump' is filled full of moments where your heart just cheers.
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more acute. You start to blossom.
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Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time I get a blurb from a bookseller, I try to write a thank you note.
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I cancel going out if my hair doesn't look good.
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Passion is what you would do if you got to choose. It's what you think about doing in the privacy of your own mind, without ear of dismissal or mockery.
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The Fed has got to become a more democratic institution that is responsive to the needs of the middle class, not just Wall Street CEOs.
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Emotional intelligence begins to develop in the earliest years. All the small exchanges children have with their parents, teachers, and with each other carry emotional messages.
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I never, ever pay attention to the ratings. I stopped paying attention to the ratings somewhere around season two or three of Grey's. It's something I have no control over, so I don't even pay attention.
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There are moments from childhood that attract heat in our memories, some for their sublime brilliance, some for their malignancy. The first time that I was treated differently because of my race is one such memory.
