Jesmyn Ward Quotes

Without the library, I would have been lost.

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• The first wave of the Internet was really about data transport. And we didn't worry much about how much power we were consuming, how much cooling requirements were needed in the data centers, how big the data center is in terms of real estate. Those were almost afterthoughts.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
  • Real
  • Power
  • Worry

• If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.

  

  Adam Clarke
  • Good
  • God
  • Done

• The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries.

  

  Ed Royce
  • Power
  • Smart
  • Influence

• If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • Hand
  • Military
  • Fight

• Life may not always fall into neat chapters, and you may not always get the satisfying ending you're looking for, but sometimes a good explanation is all the rewrite you need.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Life
  • Good
  • May

• I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Taste
  • Cultural
  • Zones

• I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. But for me it is the opposite. Age makes me more angry.

  

  Nawal El Saadawi
  • Age
  • Angry
  • Old

• What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • You
  • Reflection
  • Artistry

• I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.

  

  Orson Welles
  • Driving
  • More
  • Go

• A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Safe
  • Worlds
  • Untrue

• Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.

  

  Barry Sanders
  • People
  • Way
  • Nothing

• There's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Life
  • Long
  • Beautiful

• Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This is a cultural issue, not an Islamic one.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • People
  • Men
  • Women

• Our true nationality is mankind.

  

  H. G. Wells
  • True
  • Mankind
  • Our

• Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, playing grounds and even toilets. I do not want to see empty classrooms, empty libraries. I do not want to see cattle grazing on fields meant to be cricket or football grounds.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • Want
  • Football
  • Cricket

• I'm always going to be someone that people enjoy watching.

  

  Dane Cook
  • People
  • Always
  • Enjoy

• I got into sports because that was a way to prove your masculinity. I was good at it.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Good
  • Sports
  • Masculinity

• Wanting to take a light camera with me when I climb or do mountain runs has kept me using exclusively 35 mm.

  

  Galen Rowell
  • Light
  • Mountain
  • Climb

• There's nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the back.

  

  Billy Martin Good Charlotte
  • World
  • Good
  • Team

• There are so many forms of puppets. The ones on 'Sesame Street' are probably the most simple that we do.

  

  Jim Henson
  • Simple

• Thing is, I wasn't in the library, didn't study too much, didn't get the best grades, but honestly, I didn't party a lot either. I stayed in a lot.

  

  G-Eazy
  • Party
  • Study
  • Library

• I love doing voice-over. It's one of my favorite things.

  

  Mae Whitman
  • Love
  • Doing
  • Favorite

• Walking uplifts the spirit. Breathe out the poisons of tension, stress, and worry; breathe in the power of God. Send forth little silent prayers of goodwill toward those you meet. Walk with a sense of being a part of a vast universe. Consider the thousands of miles of earth beneath your feet; think of the limitless expanse of space above your head. Walk in awe, wonder, and humility. Walk at all times of day. In the early morning when the world is just waking up. Late at night under the stars. Along a busy city street at noontime.

  

  Bill Vaughan
  • Up
  • World
  • God

• Without the library, I would have been lost.

  

  Jesmyn Ward
  • Lost
  • Library