Jesmyn Ward Quotes
As a reader, sometimes, I just want to not think. You know, I want to read something that is purely enjoyable: that is, like, escapist.
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Beginning with the No Child Left Behind law and continuing today with Race to the Top, the federal emphasis on standardized assessments has become so excessive that it has modified state and district behavior in troubling ways.
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I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.
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What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
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When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, were very artificial.
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Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game?
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.
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I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.
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Just keep challenging yourself. I think that's a great thing.
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Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
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What goes on between the actor and director is sacred.
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Unity is power; without unity women cannot fight for their rights anywhere.
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He knew, better than the cynic, that if you look out over the arc of history, human beings should be filled not with fear but with hope.
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But coercion never produces harmony. How harmonious are people who are being forced to act against their will? Most likely, those who are coerced will resent those who benefit from the coercion. This sets group against group; it doesn't bring them together.
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It seems to me I've heard that song before.It's from an old familiar score.I know it well, that melody.
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«What we have done, which you did not do, is to deceive people.»
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Only in Canada could somebody with a voice like mine win 'Vocalist of the Year'.
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Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.
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Cow-slaughter can never be stopped by law.
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In pageants, you are evaluated from head to toe and it's obviously all about looks, and as vain as that is, they can also bring you lots of opportunities to do amazing things.
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An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.
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I never tell my boyfriend that I'm busy when I'm not. No matter how effective they are, cheap techniques like that just don't agree with me. So it's always okay, it's always all right. In my opinion the surest way to hook a man is to be as open with him as possible.
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As a reader, sometimes, I just want to not think. You know, I want to read something that is purely enjoyable: that is, like, escapist.
