Valerie Martin Quotes
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The happiest I have ever been is in the life that I led with my wife and kids.
Dan Chaon -
Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
Earl Nightingale -
The more time passes in your life, I think the greater you understand perspective. So I'm happy that I've had experiences that have reminded me that most exciting things might not feel so exciting later, and the most disappointing things might not be so disappointing later, either.
K. Flay -
Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
Eartha Kitt -
I was always taken in and out of school.
Dakota Johnson -
I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players.
Walter Becker China Crisis
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D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it.
Wanda Sykes -
Celebrities become excluded from everyday life, kind of in exile in an echelon that is deemed better, anyway: Life of celebrity, all the fame and glamor.
Jack Gleeson -
Necessity has the face of a dog.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
Environmental concern is a phenomena that tends to rise in a nation after a certain level of wealth.
Ramez Naam -
I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
O. J. Simpson -
Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a tough thing and hard to get over.
Adam Brody
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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
Victor Hugo -
I read recently that the problem with stereotypes isn't that they are inaccurate, but that they're incomplete. And this captures perfectly what I think about contemporary African literature. The problem isn't that it's inaccurate, it's that it's incomplete.
Taiye Selasi -
I'm constantly on the go and have found rushing round after a new born baby is the best form of exercise! I always remind myself that men appreciate a womanly shape and some curves!
Abbey Clancy -
To sell something, tell a woman it's a bargain; tell a man it's deductible.
Earl Wilson -
The lack of alternatives to an illegal action does not legitimise that action.
Zadie Smith -
There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color.
Major Taylor
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I love songs that people can dance to and enjoy at the same time.
LaToya Jackson -
I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's always been a passion of mine.
Zoe Lister-Jones -
I have complicated feelings about nostalgia. I think that sometimes it can be dangerous. It can airbrush the truth, or fictionalize the truth, which leads to the worst kind of sentimentality. But I'm also a sentimental person who feels quite a bit of nostalgia.
Will Sheff Okkervil River -
When I learn martial arts, my master will have me try a punch for a week and he will keep saying, 'No, you don't have it. No, that's not right.' When he finally says, 'Yes, you did it,' it's a wonderful moment. You worked on it. You got it.
Milla Jovovich -
Any time I see someone succeed I am happy, for it affirms my belief that I live in a world where success is possible.
Bonnie Gillespie -
And it seemed to me that longing was everything, longing is all we are.
Valerie Martin