Jesmyn Ward Quotes
Physical books are still my favorite, but I own an e-book reader. They're convenient for travel.Jesmyn Ward
Quotes to Explore
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
Wallace Stevens -
If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them.
Samuel Hopkins -
When you begin to write poems because you love language, because you love poetry. Something happens that makes you write poems. And the writing of poems is incredibly pleasurable and addictive.
C. K. Williams -
Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
Gale Norton -
A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Gary Becker -
I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.
Zoe Saldana
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I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.
Rachel Weisz -
I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
I've been into horses as far back as I can remember. There is a particular kind here in America called the 'quarter horse' that I'm very interested in.
Sam Shepard -
My mission is to support our service members. They're volunteers, and if they're going to go to a hostile place like Afghanistan, I think we owe it to them to back them up and try to help them get through it.
Gary Sinise -
I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got the greenlight. And when it finally got the greenlight, I was very happy to be a part of it.
Tasha Smith -
As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart.
Karen Kingsbury
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Before I gave birth to Hope, I had a miscarriage. The pain was so enormous, I had to write myself out of it. I kept a diary and did not feel entirely complete until Hope was born.
Rachel Joyce -
I feel like I've accomplished everything I could in the dunk contest. It would be hard for me to go back and outdo myself.
Zach LaVine -
When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about.
Ingmar Bergman -
I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
Edmund Waller -
It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
Walter Becker Steely Dan
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My entire adult life has been in military. That's a big part of my life and a big part of why I am the person with the experience to be the United States senator.
Jon Keyser -
My dad read history, about a book a day, but only after he retired as a successful bank and insurance man.
Barry Hannah -
I don't want to turn 50 and say, 'Gosh, I wish I'd lived in that part of the world for a time. I wish I'd read that book by Faulkner.' I want time to delve back into Thoreau and Kafka.
Charlie Trotter -
Through this album, Pain Medicine, I want single mothers to understand that pain is only weakness leaving the body and every blow that they may encounter on an everyday basis is only a bump in the road. Fighter's fight and winners win.
Kimberly Michelle Pate -
Discovering new species is a passion. A day without collecting plants is painful for me.
Corneille Ewango -
Physical books are still my favorite, but I own an e-book reader. They're convenient for travel.
Jesmyn Ward