Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
Most of my books have been about the complex ways an individual depends on community.
Quotes to Explore
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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Of course, my faith has a lot to do with being able to be public without being a public nuisance.
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The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.
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SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
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Americans want to believe that we are a nation of laws, and no one is above them, including the president. Mr. Trump's and his associates' actions during his campaign and during his brief time in office are extremely troubling.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.
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I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.
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This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
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The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.
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Incommensurables cannot be compared.
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Surely no one can be sure he has visited Cienega; people say to themselves, do they not: 'Was it a vision; or have I, some time or other, seen dusk in a valley like this?'
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My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
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My goal in politics from the very beginning has been, and will be, the goal of giving Ukraine a chance to finally secure a firm footing in the world as a competitive, independent and real European state.
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When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'
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Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind.
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I get cold - really cold - when I travel.
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Any time you can get a muscle car back, it's a good thing.
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I have become aware on my travels that when a country loses the connection between its history and its traditional dress, something truly precious is lost.
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I grew up on North American sports teams as well as English soccer clubs.
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'The Da Vinci Code' is the most popular book of our times.
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Today, dancers have so much more information and are much more mobile. Kids are traveling everywhere to go to summer programs, funding themselves with Kickstarter - putting their dreams on the Internet and seeing if they will pan out.
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Sundance is incredible and has been very important for my career as a filmmaker, but it's also not the only route to success. There are a ton of great movies that don't get in and go on and do wonderfully.
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Most of my books have been about the complex ways an individual depends on community.
