Sherman Alexie Quotes
Facebook and Twitter and these other social sites bring every, I mean, 140 characters. I mean, I'm on Twitter and I have fun. But I don't think anybody learns anything about me as a person.Sherman Alexie
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
Yann Martel -
I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
Laura Wade -
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
Saint Augustine -
Our leaders are acting like lemmings.
Jack Herer -
Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.
Barbara Kingsolver -
You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
Imelda Staunton
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I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
Iris Murdoch -
I think of feminism as more of a political ideology.
Callie Khouri -
I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.
Og Mandino -
New York is my favorite city.
Walter Dean Myers -
Today, while celebrating the jihad victory, we once again invite those who have sided with aliens because of seduction against their nation, to give up sedition and evil and join peaceful life.
Hamid Karzai -
It is in this sense that Franklin says, 'war is robbery, commerce is generally cheating.'
Karl Marx
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My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?
C. S. Lewis -
Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century.
Lewis Mumford -
Two thousand years of history Black History could not be wiped away so easily.
Bob Marley -
Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls.
Adriana Lima -
Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.
Bill Nighy -
Portia de Rossi is a gorgeous woman, and I found it incredibly refreshing to discover that she puts very little stock in her appearance, instead preferring to concentrate on what goodness she can put into the world around her - a choice we can all learn from.
Amanda de Cadenet
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I wouldn't call myself a recluse, but I am quiet and reserved.
Barun Sobti -
I am a fan before I am an artist. I was that twelve year old girl that looked up to Taylor Swift. I get what that role is as a fan. I think that because I know that, I'm really careful and intentional about what I say and what I put out. I want to be that role for anyone who wants me to be that.
Kelsea Ballerini -
My first kiss was at a sleep-away camp, and it was very awkward and over quickly. And that was that. It was just the weirdest thing, and I thought, 'That was it? Get out of here!' I didn't even know his last name.
Jillian Hervey -
My hair is a safety net for me, so I love to have it down and full and relaxed.
Blake Lively -
Facebook and Twitter and these other social sites bring every, I mean, 140 characters. I mean, I'm on Twitter and I have fun. But I don't think anybody learns anything about me as a person.
Sherman Alexie