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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For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.
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There will be good moments, and there will be less good moments.
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I think it's important to learn about the culture of the place where you live.
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Try everything with an open heart, looking to fall in love.
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When I started out, it was rare to see elected representatives with foreign roots. Often, I was relegated to my origins, put in the diversity box: 'You're the new face of diversity.' That annoyed me because I always felt French, and suddenly I was being made to feel I wan't as French as others.
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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.
