John Edgar Wideman Quotes
When I'm doing the brute work, I do it early in the morning; that's the best time for me to get the stuff down on the page.
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So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'
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The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
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I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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An image of the Earth, its landscapes, directly affects people. The beauty of the Earth creates enormous emotion, and through that emotion, you can transmit knowledge and raise consciousness.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
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There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.
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Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you first kissed, and then every time you hear that song, it reminds you of that person.
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Stay away from the sun and remember the skin on a woman's neck, hands and face is sensitive and ages easily, so apply a high SPF sunscreen on those areas.
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My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.
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As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.
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If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.
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Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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If there's any single talent a writer needs, it's persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell.
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I'm always preparing for a regular life.
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Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.
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Dealing with boys at work and being the only girl can be challenging. I have my insecurities, but I've learned I have to be a good sport. I have to be able to take certain jokes and not take them personally. There are jokes made almost every second of the day. I had to develop a tough hide. You know, the music industry is dominated by guys.
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People take things so seriously.
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When I'm doing the brute work, I do it early in the morning; that's the best time for me to get the stuff down on the page.
