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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Sometimes something is so frightening I must look at it this closely or dismiss it altogether. Sometimes it's so stunningly beautiful I feel completely left out. With either extreme, photographing makes me have to deal with it.
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We're always learning. We're all in the process of decolonizing ourselves - removing all the parts of us that are sexist, homophobic, transphobic, racist. I mean, everybody in society needs to be in this process because everybody's been brought up in a misogynist, racist, homophobic, transphobic culture.
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I remember I got an ALMA award for an actor being on three shows simultaneously.
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True happiness is not made in getting something. True happiness is becoming something. This can be done by being committed to lofty goals. We cannot become something without commitment.
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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.
