F. Sionil José Quotes
I wish I could be honest and true, but truth as I see it is not something abstract, a pious generality---It is justice at work, righteous, demanding, disciplined, sincere and unswerving; otherwise, it is not, it cannot be truth at all.F. Sionil José
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I need to feel as if everything is clean and in its proper place before I can even attempt to write one word. At least, that's what I tell myself. I make the bed, I put away the dishes, maybe I dust, maybe I do the laundry, maybe I go to the post office.
Said Sayrafiezadeh -
I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
Lady Gaga -
I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
Lasse Hallstrom -
I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.
Viggo Mortensen -
There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
Ice Cube -
I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
Ira Glass
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I read a lot of true crime growing up – 'The Stranger Beside Me' by Ann Rule about Ted Bundy.
Karin Slaughter -
All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
Randi Weingarten -
When I was a kid, I was super shy.
Rachel Dratch -
You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
Nate Berkus -
Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
Om Puri -
Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
Wayne Knight
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Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.
Hanya Yanagihara -
I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
Halle Berry -
The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
Lao Tzu -
You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
Questlove -
I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'
Hannah Simone -
Great men always pay deference to greater.
Walter Savage Landor
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If we discover through a thorough and unbiased investigation that Russia has indeed attacked our electoral process directly with the intent to influencing the process, our response needs to be robust, rapid, and proportional. This will shape our relationship with Russia profoundly.
James G. Stavridis -
Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.
Lady Bird Johnson -
Every hue throughout your work is altered by every touch you add in other places.
John Ruskin -
I wish I could be honest and true, but truth as I see it is not something abstract, a pious generality---It is justice at work, righteous, demanding, disciplined, sincere and unswerving; otherwise, it is not, it cannot be truth at all.
F. Sionil José