Jesmyn Ward Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Human technology has made it to Mars. We are transmitting gorgeous pictures from it. Yet we have not explored our own planet. Two-thirds of it is covered with oceans that are still mysterious places.
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Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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I believe women are the glue of everything.
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Just because you have a learning difficulty or difference doesn't mean you aren't smart.
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All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.
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I'm not a proper traveler. I don't like to be challenged or have too much of a change and prefer a week away just to relax.
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It would be great to do another television show that was a multi-camera because the hours are so wonderful and you can be a good mom at the same time. The problem is, there aren't a lot of multi-camera shows that I personally like. My aesthetic is more geared toward single-camera shows.
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I am not a method actor, though I studied for a year with Lee Strasburg.
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Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.
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I felt like the country lays out like a pretty beautiful story itself, heading from the East Coast to West.
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I am convinced that the modular structure of the Mir will be the main trend in manned orbital stations development in the next century.
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It's nice to be number one on the call sheet.
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People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work.
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Yet that is the most splendid privilege of man, that the true birthright of the human Spirit, to know his own Divinity, and then to realise it, to know his own Divinity and then to manifest it.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.
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Der Staat muss fördern und darf nicht einschränken. In diesem Sinne muss er Gärtner sein und nicht Zaun. Wir sollten den Menschen zutrauen, dass sie sich engagieren und Verantwortung übernehmen wollen.
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Your relationship with an agent has got to be mutually beneficial. If you can't help their careers, then they're not going to be interested.
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When people in Washington say they're going to take away my guns, they better bring theirs if they're going to take mine.
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The God who loans you life sees your every move, hears each word you speak, knows your every thought. You are seen by God. Noticed. Known.
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I am just as comfortable in sweats and sneakers as I am in a dress and heels. Attitude is everything!
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Australia has suffered a decade of drought, epic floods, a Category 5 cyclone, and a plague of locusts. But just because Aussies have the biggest carbon footprint in the world, it doesn't mean they're stupid.
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I'm always curious about other writers' routines.
