Jesmyn Ward Quotes
In my family and in my community, I see people struggling with drug addiction, with poverty and the effects of generational poverty; I see people struggling with lack of access to healthcare.
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The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
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If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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We must improve our lives and we will do it together - all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
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Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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We were on the island of Hawaii. I think I was there three months. It was fantastic. It is not much different than films. It depends on the television show but much of television today is as good or better than most films.
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Defeatism is the wretchedest of policies.
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Our best work can't possibly appeal to the average masses, only our average work can. Finding the humility to happily walk away from those that don't get it unlocks our ability to do great work.
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I don't wear the see-through shirts or anything too glittery. I come from that '90s school of rap. Fitted caps, because I got a big head, so snapbacks don't fit me right.
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All you have the right to ask of life is to choose a battle in this war, make the best you can, and leave the field with honor.
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In my family and in my community, I see people struggling with drug addiction, with poverty and the effects of generational poverty; I see people struggling with lack of access to healthcare.
