Eudora Welty Quotes

Ah, I'm a woman that's been clear around the world in my rocking chair, and I tell you we all get surprises now and then.

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• Being evil is easy.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Evil
  • Easy
  • Being

• The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Life
  • Never
  • Goal

• I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.

  

  Yo-Yo Ma
  • Great
  • Think
  • Stop

• The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.

  

  Dan Savage
  • People
  • Men
  • Mistake

• Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • People
  • Different
  • Think

• My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.

  

  Jackie Robinson
  • Men
  • Results
  • Realize

• Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.

  

  Carlos Fuentes
  • America
  • Black
  • Spanish

• Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

  

  Viktor E. Frankl
  • May
  • True
  • Fear

• I'm a voracious reader, and I love to throw myself into it.

  

  Owain Yeoman
  • Reader
  • Throw
  • Voracious

• I work out in a studio. Every day, regardless where I am, at least two hours. I need it. I can't cease it.

  

  Gabriela Sabatini
  • Work
  • Studio

• But the point is to get a whole new generation of people and people in general more re-engaged in news, and this has happened a lot since September 11th of course.

  

  Walter Isaacson
  • People
  • Generation
  • News

• Colour is really important to me when buying clothes. I wear a lot of fitted jackets, and because I'm small, I avoid long skirts and coats. And I hate wearing hats.

  

  Kate Williams
  • Important
  • Long
  • Small

• If I'm going to portray one of my idols and someone I feel... so strongly about, it has to be done right, and it has to be done 120 percent.

  

  Zendaya
  • Done
  • Feel
  • Idols

• Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • Free
  • Internet
  • Information

• We are the mimics. Clouds are pedagogues.

  

  Wallace Stevens
  • Clouds

• The man who gives his own decisions priority over society is a criminal.

  

  Alfred Bester
  • Society
  • Priority

• They just don’t trust people. They don’t trust individuals, they don’t trust any change that should serve and benefit people, and they try to stop it.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • People
  • Stop
  • Trust

• Lingerie is one of the most important pieces of your wardrobe. You can have a wardrobe malfunction if you don't choose the right thing to wear underneath!

  

  Adriana Lima
  • Important

• I'm lucky to be in a space where I've been accepted for who I am and celebrated for who I am.

  

  Chance The Rapper
  • Space

• I'm an entertainer in the military-entertainment complex.

  

  Bruce Sterling
  • Military

• I think, for the benefit of our parents, the perfect night out would be when Cate and I touch the wall and we tie. This is what they dream - that we'll both win. Because then they don't have to pick a favourite child.

  

  Bronte Campbell
  • Dream
  • Night
  • Parents

• Amaranth, the world's most nutritious grain, is available from health food stores.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • World
  • Food
  • Health

• Being a journalist, being exposed to the world, to social injustice, to intolerance, growing up here, under apartheid, benefitting from that, has all shaped who I am and what my passions are, and of course that's going to come through in my writing.

  

  Lauren Beukes
  • Up
  • World
  • Writing

• Ah, I'm a woman that's been clear around the world in my rocking chair, and I tell you we all get surprises now and then.

  

  Eudora Welty
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