Jesmyn Ward Quotes
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Any actor wants their movies and their work to be seen. You don't make a movie or get into this profession for your work not to be seen and just to show them to your mates at home.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.
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I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
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What is our greatest enemy? Segregation.
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When I saw Arnold say that he didn't need a union, because people in his position don't need it, I thought, this is a very naive way to present yourself. It's also kinda dumb about making movies. It doesn't realize how the union movement even helps the star.
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I am very busy and don't have a lot of down time, but I write my best songs in those situations. I enjoy my life the most when I have a bunch of things going on at the same time.
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Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.
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Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?
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If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.
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I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
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If we could have seen through the televisions, we would probably have seen many a child grow up.
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The only thing I wanted to do when I was a young naive kid was to become a New York stage actor.
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The cool thing about my show and me is that I'm a writer, and I'm a writer first if I don't have music.
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I always wanted to be a snake. Every time I saw a snake on TV. I'd always say 'Why not me?'
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I'm still working, I've got two arms, two legs, two gorgeous kids, a lovely wife. Fifteen years ago, I was homeless. So when you think about it, I'm lucky.
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Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly dragged back toward the senses by the life currents.
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I came out even with all the struggles I endured on Rikers Island.
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I always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project.
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As a Greek-American, I am especially pleased that Ambassador Negroponte has earned the honor of being nominated to this most prominent position of responsibility in the intelligence community. He is a role model to all Greek-Americans, making the entire Hellenic community proud.
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As an artist, I feel a certain responsibility to write about difficult subject matter.
