Monica Hesse Quotes
In fiction, you learn about pacing and how to build tension - which is something you want in a really good nonfiction feature article as well.Monica Hesse
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I like fiction and the kind of history that gives the grace and flavor of fiction to the past. No bloviation on current events, please. I can write that junk myself.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Life is one long process of getting tired.
Samuel Butler -
In the case of the classic Western helicopter parent, it starts with Baby Einstein and reward charts for toilet training, and it never really ends, which is why colleges have to devote so many resources to teaching parents how to leave their kids alone.
Nancy Gibbs -
We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
Barbra Streisand -
I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.
Samina Baig -
It takes so long for the folks who are earning minimum wage to finally see a little bit of a rise... that it takes a little nudge, I think, from government.
J. B. Pritzker
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We see it in the body, that if you just give the body enough rest and comfort, it has remarkable self-healing capacities. Well, so does the spirit.
Gail Sheehy -
I've been in elementary education for years and my belief is that Christmas pageants in schools are little more than conditioning kids for the Christian religion.
Jack Bowman -
The natural enmity between leaver and left is like the absolute, immediate and always shifting hostility between driver and pedestrian.
Edmund White -
One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
Gabrielle Roy -
The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.
Irving Howe -
Set realistic goals, keep re-evaluating, and be consistent.
Venus Williams
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My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women.
Camille Paglia -
I am an atheist and do not know the meaning of the 'religious pain' that is felt by believers of every cast when what they believe in is insulted.
Tariq Ali -
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
Valentino Rossi -
A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he does not know must believe one thing only - that by his act he will change the course of history.
Yitzhak Shamir -
When I write music, it's very strange: maybe it's normal, but I see things in songs in different colors.
Sam Smith
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It's not an adventure until something goes wrong.
Yvon Chouinard -
I don't mind at all being approached when I'm 10 or more feet away from the car. If I'm anywhere away from the car, I'm fine. That's completely expected. But when I'm next to the car or within 10 feet of it, I'm thinking about that or working in that direction. And that's just something I'd rather be able to work on than be interrupted, really, by anybody.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. -
Whether something is sensible or not is subjective. What is sensible to me might not be for others.
Radhika Apte -
those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control
William P. Young -
In fiction, you learn about pacing and how to build tension - which is something you want in a really good nonfiction feature article as well.
Monica Hesse