John Edgar Wideman Quotes

I don't make that hard and fast distinction between political and nonpolitical writing. I write about what bothers me.

John Edgar Wideman

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• If we focus on our health, including our inner health, our self-esteem, and how we look at ourselves and our confidence level, we'll tend to be healthier people anyway, we'll tend to make better choices for our lives, for our bodies, we'll always be trying to learn more, and get better as time goes on.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • People
  • Time
  • Trying

• If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being.

  

  Eddie Murphy
  • People
  • House
  • You

• The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • People
  • World
  • Live

• I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • People
  • Problem
  • Violence

• I made sacrifices willingly; it was what I did best.

  

  Karen McCarthy
  • Best
  • Made
  • Did

• You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.

  

  Hal Sparks
  • People
  • Time
  • Believe

• Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Obsessed
  • General
  • Sneakers

• The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Man
  • Evil
  • Road

• Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.

  

  Kate Forsyth
  • People
  • Children
  • Think

• If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Life
  • Age
  • Care

• Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.

  

  Barbara Palvin
  • Good
  • High
  • Me

• I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort locations.

  

  Barry Sternlicht
  • Like
  • Paris
  • Hong Kong

• No one wears high heels all day, every day.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • High
  • Day
  • Everyday

• I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.

  

  Baz Luhrmann
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Fear

• I was playing the villain 'Falseface' on Batman, and I got wind that they were going to pay a young starlet $25,000 to be in the same episode. Well, I wasn't getting anywhere near that amount of money, so I refused to let them put my name in the credits.

  

  Malachi Throne
  • Money
  • Wind
  • Same

• Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one.

  

  Felix Frankfurter
  • Real
  • Question
  • Answers

• I never wanted to just press play on some DJ set and let the lights do all the work. I value old-fashioned performance a little more than that.

  

  Washed Out
  • Work
  • Value
  • Performance

• I find it to be easier to write from a man's point of view.

  

  S. E. Hinton
  • Man
  • View
  • Point Of View

• I don't think I got thin. I think I got healthy.

  

  Jennifer Aniston

• People are always going to find the ones with the weird like buzz-worthy thing about a movie and like run with it.

  

  Kristen Stewart
  • People
  • Movie
  • Running

• You will find in me a loyal head of state who is ready listen and understand, warn and advise as well as to defend the public interest at all times.

  

  Felipe VI of Spain
  • Understand
  • Interest
  • Public

• Now I'm fortunate to have a good band in CA, and play many solo gigs as well. My point is that I stopped playing in bands and played solo for four years, to get back into the groove and pulse of writing and singing and who I am on stage.

  

  Arthur Godfrey
  • Good
  • Writing
  • Band

• I don't make that hard and fast distinction between political and nonpolitical writing. I write about what bothers me.

  

  John Edgar Wideman
  • Writing
  • Political