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.John Edgar Wideman
Quotes to Explore
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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.'
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
Harry A. Blackmun -
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.
Zach Galifianakis -
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.
Sam Graves -
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.
Cameron Crowe -
A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
Nate Silver
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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.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand -
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.
Ed Harris -
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.
Dan Butler -
There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.
Gary Cherone Van Halen -
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.
Olly Murs -
My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.
Gail Porter
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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.
Abbas Kiarostami -
If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.
Karl Lagerfeld -
Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.
Pamela Stephenson -
The journey matters as much as the goal.
Kalpana Chawla -
I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
Larry David -
The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change does not come naturally.
Nancy Gibbs
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When my grandma passed away, the one person I prayed for was my mom. I just hope that she finds peace. I hope she believes in a loving life.
Kendra Wilkinson -
I have so much respect for him. He really just does what his heart is telling him to do. He was amazing to work with and really just a brilliant guy.
Marc Singer -
The one true friend I thought I'd found, tonight the bottle let me down.
Merle Haggard -
I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.
Francesca Annis -
From middle school to the first year of high school, I went to a school in Miami that seemed like a private country club. The whole cheerleader, football player, clique-y thing there was terrifying. Those people were so scary. They're the scariest kinds of people because they are idolized by their peers.
Zoe Kravitz -
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.
John Edgar Wideman