Susan Wiggs Quotes
There is something about losing your mother that is permanent and inexpressable - a wound that will never quite heal.
Quotes to Explore
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in 'The Bling Ring.' I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden.
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What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.
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In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...'
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.
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Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.
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I know more world leaders on the stage today than anyone running, with perhaps the exception of Hillary Clinton.
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In almost every photograph I have ever made, there is something I would do to complete it. I take that to be the spirit hole or the deliberate mistake that's in a Navajo rug to not be godlike, but to be human.
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Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and he's able to keep processing that as well.
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I like to get real pretty.
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Intelligence is usually easy to tell in a 10-minute conversation. Determination is harder.
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Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one.
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I kind of grew up in the indie world, and now that sort of writing and material is on television.
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I don't fear aging. It's natural, and I can't stop it!
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'It's a gift!' he said. He was referring to his art, and also to the result; but he was using the word quite literally.
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My mother, Laura Sumner, had cerebral palsy. She was born absolutely fine, but after about three days, she started having convulsions that left her with a condition that would confine her to a wheelchair her entire life.
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What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want to write about that.
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Lots of places to hone your skill as an artist and still earn a paycheck while you're waiting to kick the door down.
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No, I've never moved on with a play. I did the original 'Closer' in London but didn't transfer to the West End or Broadway with it. The same is true of 'Iceman': I didn't go to the Old Vic or Broadway with that. I don't know; I feel an allegiance often to the play where you do it first, in the theatre that it's in; you do it for that space.
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I want to promote the introduction of art history in primary schools and to convince the general public that, even in a period of economic crisis, arts funding is an absolute necessity at the federal, state, and local levels.
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There is something about losing your mother that is permanent and inexpressable - a wound that will never quite heal.
