Jesmyn Ward Quotes
It's always hard for a writer to make herself into a character; I had to figure out what my defining characteristics were, and that's something I had to work through multiple drafts to figure out.Jesmyn Ward
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Incendiary capitalism is carrying its out evil works more dangerously than ever, and is doing so in the increasingly dangerous neighborhood of the powder kegs that are the great European military powers.
Karl Liebknecht -
It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
Earle Brown -
In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
Park Chan-wook -
In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the West the land was level, and there were no trees. The grass grew thick and high.
Laura Ingalls Wilder -
For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.
H. L. Mencken -
I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
Kanye West
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
Mae West -
Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
Carl Hagelin -
Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
Wayne Rogers -
By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
Iain Banks -
It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
Sam Heughan -
You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
Ram Kapoor
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Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
Isaac D'Israeli -
I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
Ja Rule -
I have a very pragmatic approach to diets. Ones you can't stick to don't do you any good. Some people say, 'Just eat half of what's on your plate,' but I can't do that!
Nathan Myhrvold -
I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
Ja Rule -
The bad boy: always more fun.
Ian McShane
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In church, they have the music where you jump and you shout, you know, and then you have the quiet music where you're sitting, you're meditating.
Darlene Love -
The target market is for people who have not been entrenched in Web culture.
John Patrick -
Trying to make a feature film yourself with no money is the best film school you can do.
Quentin Tarantino -
I should like very much to go to America. I have heard so much of the great industrial and economic development of that great land, and I wish to see things for myself.
Chiang Kai-shek -
The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matter of ideology, let alone of belief. The issue is simply one of risk management.
Malcolm Turnbull -
It's always hard for a writer to make herself into a character; I had to figure out what my defining characteristics were, and that's something I had to work through multiple drafts to figure out.
Jesmyn Ward