Nadine Gordimer Quotes
Censorship may have to do with literature; but literature has nothing whatever to do with censorship.
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I'm used to very low-budget situations. In 'The Exploding Girl,' we were literally changing in Starbucks because we didn't have trailers.
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Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
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I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
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Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.
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It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me.
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My favourite place to eat is my grandma's kitchen. She makes a mean crab cake.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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It's really important, especially for young girls, to see that if you fall down, you get back up. If you get sick, you get back up. People are going to say what they want.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I'm really Wallace Beery in 'The Champ.'
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
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I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.
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Che quella che da l'oro e da l'argentoDifende il cor di pudicizia armato,Tra mille spade via più facilmenteDifenderallo, e in mezzo al fuoco ardente.
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All of my life people have thought of me as Bing Crosby's daughter. Now they'll remember me as the person who shot J.R.
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I don't have a pet, but I dream of someday getting a pug dog whom I will name Croque Monsieur so that I may alternate between calling him Croque, Monsieur or his full name: Croque Monsieur. I'll more than likely only use his first and last name most often when he's been bad.
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For at least a decade, Millennials have been stereotyped as lazy, entitled, and stuck on social media. While that may not be entirely fair, they are notoriously liberal, overwhelmingly supporting left-leaning candidates and favoring policies like nationalized healthcare and same-sex 'marriage.'
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Censorship may have to do with literature; but literature has nothing whatever to do with censorship.
