John Edgar Wideman Quotes
I have written about the women around me. My ancestors, my relatives, lovers. It was a way of trying to make it all make sense.
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I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.
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Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.
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In the governments, as we've witnessed in the past, they had to hide. Because there's a lot of concentration on the friends-and-family club... We're not about that. That's not the government of the future of the State of New York. What's gonna pull this state out of the doldrums that it's in right now is an honest and open government.
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Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.
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Nitric oxide was known for destroying things.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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I've had two fights in my life. Both times I threw one punch, and both times I broke my hand! I really am a stranger to the world of fighting.
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I wasn't trained to be in front of a camera, so there were a lot of challenges at first. But I didn't want to be fake.
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Betty Ford and I were colleagues for years, working together for women's rights in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the country.
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
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There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.
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In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the companies we have.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end.
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I never really tell anyone what I'm writing beforehand because I usually don't know what it will be.
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For decathletes, our event goes all throughout the day so you're trying to go up and down and up and down emotionally and physically and you know mentally you're just on a roller coaster.
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I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player.'
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During the holiday season, it's easy to forget that sometimes the best gift of all is simply the gift of time. I can't think of anything a writer would appreciate more than being given time and space to work.
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I have written about the women around me. My ancestors, my relatives, lovers. It was a way of trying to make it all make sense.
