Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
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A lot of women find that their workwear acts as armour.
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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Without the media, the American people won't have the type of information they need to hold their leaders to account. The relationship between government and media has always been strained, and I think most of the time that's a healthy strain.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
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Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.
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My dad is a gentle and brilliant Iranian violinist.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.
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I thought I knew how to work out before I immersed myself into boxing. I now know what an extreme workout really is.
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I have to make little movies. I have to sit and film.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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My military service is the thing I'm most proud of, but when I think of everything happening in the Middle East, I can't help but tell myself I wish we would have achieved some sort of lasting victory. No one touched that subject before Trump, especially not in the Republican Party.
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Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world.
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I'm a people person. I never get tired of watching people, especially young people.
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Whether addressing immediate crises or building long-term foundations of peace, the United Nations will remain committed to solutions that advance the global good.
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When I sit down to write, I consider myself an artist.
