Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I love my wife, I love my kids.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
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I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.
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Helping out in your kid's classroom is a great way to get involved with your child's school.
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I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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I'm still dreaming to be the next Missy Elliott.
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I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refinery towns in America. And here I was driving over to Beverly Hills, to 20th Century Fox, to be on 'M*A*S*H!'
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
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I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
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I don't campaign for the end of the aristocracy or the upper classes; I don't really want to destroy anything at all. I just want more plurality.
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I don't know how anyone could stop working.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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Every year, I travel extensively in the autumn and the spring. I set most of the winter and summer aside for my family and my own tribal relatives. But during that traveling time, I often find myself visiting other native communities around the continent - perhaps a dozen or more each year.
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It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I'll have to speak three times, and then I'll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England?
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The reason that 'Stalingrad' took off was because it emphasized the influence of history on the individual.
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Jesus, when he was on Earth, he was out there helping people, right? Why did he perform those miracles? To call attention to his profession. Why do you think I do these incredible feats? To call attention to my profession!
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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
