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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From a branding standpoint, the show represents only a fraction of our business, and the impact you actually have on the consumer is super, super tiny. I mean, what about the pre-collection? That is just as important as the show.
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Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
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A person's job is to feel.
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I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.
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I really focus on natural products, so I love using unrefined products instead of refined ones. I swap white rice for brown rice or quinoa. I use brown rice pasta instead of regular pasta, nut milk or oat milk instead of dairy milk, and coconut yogurt instead of cows' yoghurt, etc.
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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.
