Jesmyn Ward Quotes
I think, when I write, one of the things that I'm really attempting to do is I'm attempting to humanize my characters.
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Life's not fair, is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.
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I'm a giant Beatles fan.
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I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.
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I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!
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In our Western culture, although death has come out of the closet, it is still not openly experienced or discussed. Allowing dying to be so intensely present enriches both the preciousness of each moment and our detachment from it.
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On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
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I was never an assimilationist. I always thought gays had some special mission.
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I'm really nearsighted, which has served me well.
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Jennifer Lawrence is just the coolest girl.
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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
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Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
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I only photograph myself at poignant moments in my life as a check of where I am and how large my thighs are.
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Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
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If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.
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Stop allowing yourself to focus on depressing life circumstances - including focusing on being depressed about your weight. All this negative focus will only lead you to feeling bummed and wanting to pig out. Instead, consciously focus on happy life circumstances you enjoy doing, and create more of them!
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No cricket should be played for at least a month anywhere in the world after a World Cup.
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In my own spiritual journey, I became a swami on the Hindu path of Bhakti. In the Hindu tradition, a swami is a monk who forgoes regular family life for the purpose of making the whole world his family and channels his full energy into spiritual practice, devotion to God and service to humanity.
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I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even when they say they would like to, I think once they get there they don't give it up.
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But one thing about human beings puzzles me the most is their conscious effort to be connected with the object of their affection even if it kills them slowly within.
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Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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When does gold ore become gold? When it is put through a process of fire. So the human being during the training becomes as pure as gold through suffering. It is the burning away of the dross. Suffering has a great redeeming quality. As a drop of water failing on the desert sand is sucked up immediately, so we must become nothing and nowhere ... we must disappear.
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I think, when I write, one of the things that I'm really attempting to do is I'm attempting to humanize my characters.
