Jesmyn Ward Quotes
One of the most important things that I want for my kids is I want them to live. You know, I want them to live to see 21 and beyond.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to church, leaving church. Everything the world may bring, there's a song for it to put you in the right frame of mind.
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Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.
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The PBSI (Indonesian Badminton Association) have to work harder to widen the pool and find quality players. The present indifferent culture has to change.
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The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I like Noah from 'The Notebook.' One - hundred percent. I fall in love with him so hard.
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There should be a policy to have a mechanism in place to decide when and how to import or export.
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On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
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Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
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As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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Horses are in our DNA. We used them way before cars for commuting.
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Disruptive technologies typically enable new markets to emerge. There is strong evidence showing that companies entering these emerging markets early have significant first-mover advantages over later entrants.
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I think we recognize as Americans there are certain things that are just primary to the freedoms and liberties that we enjoy here and religious freedom is one of the most important things we as Americans cherish.
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Poetry can communicate the actual quality of experience with a subtlety and precision unapproachable by any other means.
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During challenging times and when impassioned to act, human beings can be capable of miracles.
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One of the most important things that I want for my kids is I want them to live. You know, I want them to live to see 21 and beyond.
