Maxine Hong Kingston Quotes
I'm so proud that my offspring became a musician. I'm full of awe that we are able to have a whole family live the life of artists.Maxine Hong Kingston
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With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.
Iain Glen -
I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
Yasser Arafat -
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Everyone knows that Apple crushed Microsoft in the mobile era. But it was exactly the opposite in the PC Wars of the 1980s and 1990s.
Walt Mossberg -
Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
Zooey Deschanel -
American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.
Harold Rosenberg
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
Raghav Bahl -
I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
Mamie Gummer -
As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
Patrick J. Kennedy -
Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.
Nadia Comaneci -
I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
I don't talk in ifs.
Abdurrahman Wahid
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.
Pam Grier -
By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.
Ted Lindsay -
I hope that I can continue to champion Dr. Paul's efforts to audit the Fed, protect state's rights, and getting our nation back on track.
Ted Yoho -
I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi -
I love to travel. This is the time for me. When will I do it if not now?
Rakul Preet Singh
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I always think that friends and family are off-bounds. I went into politics; they didn't.
Leo Varadkar -
Other people’s words are so important. And then without warning they stop being important, along with all those words of yours that their words prompted you to write. Much of the excitement of a new novel lies in the repudiation of the one written before. Other people’s words are the bridge you use to cross from where you were to wherever you’re going.
Zadie Smith -
My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.
Bernadette Devlin -
It's been a funny life for me. Sometimes I feel I haven't done a lot of living.
Joanna Cassidy -
The Italians have shown consistently that they live by the rule of law. They have given these undertakings and we expect them to abide by them.
Jack Straw -
I'm so proud that my offspring became a musician. I'm full of awe that we are able to have a whole family live the life of artists.
Maxine Hong Kingston