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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Most African-Americans really do believe that we are voting for our better interest in voting for Democrats.
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I try to relish each of the roles I play in life. If I'm cooking dinner for the kids, I throw on my polka-dotted apron. I might don a smart blazer if I am doing a work presentation. If I play a rock show, there may indeed be glitter and fishnets involved. It's my way of saying, 'Thank you, I am glad to be here.'
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I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.
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I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.
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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.
