Natasha Trethewey Quotes
As much as we love each other, there is some growing difficulty in my adult relationship with my father. Because we're both writers, we're having a very intimate conversation in a very public forum.
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I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.
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I visited my father for the full ten years that he was in prison, so we already had a deep and loving relationship, and remembered our mother at those times.
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It is well known that my husband and Lady Thatcher enjoyed a very special relationship as leaders of their respective countries during one of the most difficult and pivotal periods in modern history. Ronnie and Margaret were political soul mates, committed to freedom and resolved to end Communism.
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The angel of mercy, the child of love, together had flown to the realms above.
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My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.
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I love Chicago.
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Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
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My baby will be growing up in Liverpool, so we have another Scouser.
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Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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There are no rules when it comes to love.
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I was very energetic and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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I believe that often people even stay in bad relationships longer than they should because the fear of the pain of dating is scarier than the pain of a bad relationship!
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I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but they're not in love with each other. And I think as a child it's much better for your parents to split than for them to stay and have dysfunction within the family.
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.
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My father realizes that he did okay with me. He did the best he could.
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I've definitely, you know, been with women. And I've had great relationships with them where I was definitely in love. It's just I grew to a point where deep inside I knew that I could never truly have a relationship with a woman. I don't know if they ever suspected. It was never brought up.
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I love fairy tales because of their haunting beauty and magical strangeness. They are set in worlds where anything can happen. Frogs can be kings, a thicket of brambles can hide a castle where a royal court has lain asleep for a hundred years, a boy can outwit a giant, and a girl can break a curse with nothing but her courage and steadfastness.
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Marriage is a unique cultural relationship that has a long-standing tradition and societal meaning, which should not be redefined by the courts.
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One can't realize difficulty arriving at a momentous decision until one comes to do so.
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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that's the real me.
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Nothing's ever allowed to just be entertaining. We have to talk about it.
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A man shrinks or expands into the degree and nature of his ambition. Ambition needs to be cultivated and refined, and yet has no teachers.
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As much as we love each other, there is some growing difficulty in my adult relationship with my father. Because we're both writers, we're having a very intimate conversation in a very public forum.
