Jesmyn Ward Quotes
I recently read a collection of stories called 'Boondock Kollage,' by Regina Bradley. The stories follow multiple characters through the South, through the past and present. I loved reading that book: the first time I read the opening story, I was breathless and incoherent.
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I'm saying that an editorial process that is preparing the material for publication counts as part of the inspiring process whereby God, in his sovereignty, gave every word.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
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It's all about sound. It's that simple. Wireless is wireless, and it's digital. Hopefully somewhere along the line somebody will add more ones to the zeros. When digital first started, I swear I could hear the gap between the ones and the zeros.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.
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Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
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I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.
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For a spinner growing up in England, it is challenging to become an off-spinner. The line and length needs to be altered on each of the four days of county cricket or five days of Test matches. The pitches in England don't have a set pattern. It changes with each day, and accordingly, the length varies.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed the way I felt about music. Up to that point, I hadn't really thought of myself as more serious musician, and I didn't really have that much interest in pop music.
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
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When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.
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When I exercise, I like to take lots of different classes because I want to really apply myself and feel like I'm learning a new skill. Not that I ever want to have to demonstrate any of those skills!
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My mother pretty much raised me to be a free spirit. Anything my father would say, she would tell me, 'No, it's like this.'
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I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.
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Men build scales, but the gods blow upon the lighter pan.
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Don't get discouraged with your skin when it doesn't do what you want it to do... Give it some time. That's the only way to get to know yourself.
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Justification is God's declaration that we, though guilty sinners, are righteous in God's eyes.
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I just love when girls rock short hair, because they can't hide behind anything. I feel more empowered with short hair.
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I recently read a collection of stories called 'Boondock Kollage,' by Regina Bradley. The stories follow multiple characters through the South, through the past and present. I loved reading that book: the first time I read the opening story, I was breathless and incoherent.
