Natasha Trethewey Quotes
I think often people don't realize the great diversity of Southern writing because in their minds, if you're not from the South, it can seem regional and small, and of course that's not the case at all when you start to read the work.
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
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I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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I said a long time ago that Foursquare can make cities better. You have these augmented realities like Foursquare and Twitter and Facebook that provide these virtual nodes and instant feedback from anywhere, adding annotation around a physical places.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
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Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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I knew boxing before I knew anything else.
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I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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Because I feel 'Thor' is the beginning of finding my roots, and I found that I have family in America, I want to take my time and put effort on my future work so that foreign people get to know me better, and I also want to enjoy that process itself!
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Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.
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The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life.
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The language itself is what gets me interested in writing. It's weird to me that words exist. Never a dull moment with words. They're a layer between our minds and the physical reality around us, obviously, but the layer seems like it's always in flux, like an asteroid belt, constantly moving.
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People always ask me if I believe diamonds are a girl's best friend. Frankly, I don't.
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I think often people don't realize the great diversity of Southern writing because in their minds, if you're not from the South, it can seem regional and small, and of course that's not the case at all when you start to read the work.
