Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.Barbara Kingsolver
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When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright.
Gabrielle Zevin -
I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.
Naguib Mahfouz -
As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
Candace Bushnell -
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
E. L. Doctorow -
A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way.
Queen Latifah -
I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.
Pamela Anderson
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I try to choose the projects that I think are the most well-written and well-executed, and the rest of it is so beyond my control to be almost not worth thinking about at all.
Jack Davenport -
My grandfather was an autoworker, and I have a weapon he manufactured to protect himself from the company that he would carry to work. It's a big iron pipe with a hunk of lead on the head. I think about how far we've come as companies from those days, where workers had to protect themselves from the company.
Larry Page -
I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
Maeve Binchy -
I have freckles; I don't like covering up too much. I like things dewy and natural, and I think that having moisture in your skin is really beautiful and youthful - sometimes that's more important than coverage.
Banks -
This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.
Caleb Cushing -
I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.
Harlan Coben
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People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on a celestial scale. Fortunately, political and religious leaders stopped barbecuing astronomers for saying so, turning their spits with human-rights activists instead.
Nathan Myhrvold -
I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.
Cameron Monaghan -
I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that I had a fascination with things coming out of people's mouths.
Sam Raimi -
The Polish freedom movement of 1968 lost its confrontation with police violence; the Prague Spring was crushed by the armies of five Warsaw Pact members. But in both countries, 1968 gave birth to a new political consciousness.
Adam Michnik -
I think it's really good to get the adrenaline pumping.
Maika Monroe -
When you're writing, you are robbed of your delivery.
Calvin Trillin
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Theater is the most important thing in life for me.
Joel Grey -
I started off as a juggler. I used to do a half-hour show on the weekends to make money as a kid. Then I went to Cleveland, Ohio in 1983 to the international jugglers competition junior division and came second. So that was my first job, being a juggler.
Patrick Dempsey -
I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.
Jack Nicholson -
I had been on this improv team at this really great improv theater. It's called iO now. It used to be called Improv Olympic. They have showcases for Lorne Michaels and other writers and people who work at 'SNL' usually about once a year, although I don't know if it always happens.
Vanessa Bayer -
The U.S. and Iraq will work together next year to shift Iraqi resources from unproductive subsidies to productive uses that enable Iraqis to earn livelihoods.
Zalmay Khalilzad -
I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.
Barbara Kingsolver