Jesmyn Ward Quotes
It's very hard to deal with true subject matter, especially when you're writing about such weighty issues.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
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This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
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When a pointed question is beaten back with an attack or threat of, 'How dare you...' it's a reliable signal that deception is involved. Trump is a master at this.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.
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It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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I don't like to post fresh standup material, because I want to use it in a special. The stuff I like to post online I like to be off-the-cuff moments.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!
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It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.
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I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.
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I do fear for the generations of people who came of age thinking that pop-punk is what punk is, and that all the rebellion you need is just to stick your tongue out in the mirror every once in a while.
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I think soldiers are not just one homogenous group, just like Americans aren't. They all have different feelings about the war.
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One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
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You have to be very, very good looking to get ahead in motion pictures.
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It's very hard to deal with true subject matter, especially when you're writing about such weighty issues.
