Jesmyn Ward Quotes
I always think about Faulkner, and I would argue that there can be a difference between the way that characters express themselves internally and externally.
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So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.
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Suits are looked at more now as a business thing which is kind of a shame. If you're not wearing it just for work, you should try and trick it up a bit.
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Enhanced interrogation is not to be considered lightly, but the use of enhanced interrogation techniques does not require moral people to abandon their beliefs. Rather, it is precisely during these difficult times that one's beliefs about life, justice and mercy become indispensible.
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To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream.
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I want everyone in the Republican party who opposed me to know this: you are welcome to join this people's crusade. Come aboard. You are both welcome and needed. If we unite, we'll win - and we'll rebuild New York.
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Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.
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I'm trying to stay focused on what I'm doing. I don't want a whole lot of things going on - people to call back, or text messages or whatever. I chill out, relax a little bit, and then I don't have those issues.
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This morning in the Washington Post there was a statistic about how 85% of Americans are Christians.
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I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount.
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I have learned that I will not pay any attention to anything people say about my movies, because people say things that are all over the place.
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I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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The ideal of behaviorism is to eliminate coercion: to apply controls by changing the environment in such a way as to reinforce the kind of behavior that benefits everyone.
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You can expect nothing in being a musician, and you have to be just very thankful every time it goes positively for you.
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I want to go back to the Pantanal in Brazil. I've never been to sub-Saharan Africa. I'd like to take my Caravan over there and do a flying safari. I've never flown to Alaska.
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I'm Russian: I'm into men, diamonds, and caviar.
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As a little girl, I was always shy, but in front of the camera I wasn't.
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Every moment of a science fiction story must represent the triumph of writing over world-building.
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My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system.
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Mourning after an absent God is an evidence of a love as strong, as rejoicing in a present one.
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You really need to approach each book as if you have been a failure. . . . If you start to believe your flap-copy, you're finished as a writer.
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'There’s nothing under the ground that’s worth more than the little layer of topsoil sitting on top of it.'
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I think every athlete wants to get sponsored. If you do really well in your sport, then I think sponsorship can help you get rewarded in that sense: doing what you can for your sponsor. It's just another achievement in life.
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I always think about Faulkner, and I would argue that there can be a difference between the way that characters express themselves internally and externally.
