Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
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There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee -
And the American public was able to make up their own mind whether this verdict was a just verdict or not. So I think there's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works or doesn't work, so I think there's a definite value there.
Lance Ito -
When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
Laura Marano -
I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
Pat Buchanan -
I can't remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can't. I just do it bar for bar.
Young Thug
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
Gavin O'Connor -
The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
Bebe Rexha -
We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through.
Patrick Soon-Shiong -
'American Horror Story' is dark, so you shouldn't be expecting too much happiness.
Taissa Farmiga -
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Indira Gandhi -
Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.
Iman
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
Eduard Shevardnadze -
As a consumer, I don't create art, but I think whatever the message is, art has to touch you.
Ha-Joon Chang -
When you're writing, you are robbed of your delivery.
Calvin Trillin -
Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days!
Rachael Ray -
It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.
Zora Neale Hurston -
Any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive.
Larry Rivers
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In France, if you have any sort of talent, you'd better keep it here. And if you're going to go abroad, it had better not be America. The old battle - American versus Frog cinema. It's ridiculous.
Jean Reno -
Fear warps our understanding of reality and even our ability to see reality clearly.
Victor LaValle -
This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.
Walter Reisch -
Experiences such as, 'I went; I came; I was; I did,' come naturally to everyone. From these experiences, does it not appear that the consciousness 'I' is the subject of those various acts? Enquiry into the true nature of that consciousness, and remaining as oneself, is the way to understand, through enquiry, one's true nature.
Ramana Maharshi -
I think a great song appeals to older and younger people and it makes you think. It's also honest, and it also doesn't hurt if it's fun to sing along to.
Kacey Musgraves -
Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.
Barbara Kingsolver