Ernest Gaines Quotes

Without love for my fellow man and respect for nature, to me, life is an obscenity.

Ernest Gaines

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I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do.

J. R. Martinez
- Life
- Important
- Challenge
Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.

J. M. G. Le Clezio
I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.

Dan O'Brien
- Parents
- Perfect
- Safety
I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film.

Ram Charan
- Successful
- Run
- Content
I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.

Ta-Nehisi Coates
- World
- Single
- Health
Enough to using Texas as a political laboratory for testing far-right ideas. Enough to using Texas as a workshop for fattening the wallets of their special interest friends and supporters. And enough of politicians listening only to each other, rather than real Texans.

Wendy Davis
- Real
- Friends
- Political