John Edgar Wideman Quotes
I think I was kind of melancholy as a kid. I spent a lot of time inside my own head, a lot of time sort of staring into space wondering the hell was going on.John Edgar Wideman
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The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.
Oliver Tambo -
Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.
P. G. Wodehouse -
All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
Idina Menzel -
A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
Daniel Berrigan -
I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
Nas -
I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.
Damon Wayans
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
Iman -
Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.
Tabitha King -
I've always been extremely physically active.
Danai Gurira -
You know what, I'm a big coward and I'm really afraid of live audiences.
Kate Bosworth -
Mister Cee's a legend, man.
Fat Joe -
I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
Raf Simons
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I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.
Earl Long -
It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran -
I had a thick accent, and people didn't understand me, and I was ashamed, and I fumbled. I radiated an uncertain energy; sometimes baristas sensed this and wouldn't try to talk to me, and then an insecure voice in my head would cry, 'He's racist!'
Karan Mahajan -
I know that there are many things I could do, but I'm not interested. It's more important to be loving and to have a lively mind.
Veruschka von Lehndorff -
I'm most excited about all of the non-currency uses of the block chain's ledger-ordering ability. I have no idea which ones will turn out to be successful, but I'm glad all of that experimenting is happening.
Gavin Andresen -
Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
Jack Prelutsky
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A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
J. P. Morgan -
I don't want to be Carrie Bradshaw. I don't want the wedding to be bigger than Big. I'm just grateful to know that the first time I fell in love wasn't the last time.
Niecy Nash -
We all want to be the sexy girl.
Karen McDougal -
I would rather die than betray his trust." "That's not saying much, seeing as you're already dead," Ron observed. "Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe," said Nearly Headless Nick in affronted tones.
Joanne Rowling -
I think I was kind of melancholy as a kid. I spent a lot of time inside my own head, a lot of time sort of staring into space wondering the hell was going on.
John Edgar Wideman