S. E. Hinton Quotes

I just felt being part of my peer group so strongly. I was immersed in teen culture, but not taken in by it.

S. E. Hinton

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• Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space.

  

  Walter Lang
  • Earth
  • Space
  • Evolution

• I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Work
  • Long
  • Nature

• Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Insurance
  • Been
  • Medical

• Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

  

  Iris Murdoch
  • Taken
  • Serious
  • Human

• Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • Smile
  • Hands
  • Profound

• Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.

  

  Fay Weldon
  • Everything
  • Nothing
  • Then

• It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Time
  • Voice
  • Silent

• You want your coach's blessing.

  

  Candace Parker
  • Want
  • You
  • Blessing

• Opera singers, we're not muscle men; you have to be careful about your work.

  

  Ildar Abdrazakov
  • Work
  • Men
  • You

• The good name of the United Nations is one of its most valuable assets - but also one of its most vulnerable. The Charter calls on staff to uphold the highest levels of efficiency, competence and integrity, and I will seek to ensure to build a solid reputation for living up to that standard.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Up
  • Good
  • Integrity

• I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Life
  • Real
  • Personality

• The older you get, the better you have to look, the higher you have to kick, the harder you have to work.

  

  Salman Khan
  • Work
  • Better
  • Look

• People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.

  

  Yakov Smirnoff
  • People
  • Nice
  • Friendly

• When you're trained for battle, the idea is that it will be man against man.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • Man
  • You
  • Battle

• I don't like reality shows and have never watched them, but I'm addicted to 'Real Housewives' because it's authentic old-time soap opera reborn!

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Time
  • Real
  • Reality

• I will meet my countrymen. I understand only one language: that they are my countrymen, they are my brothers. You may see with whatever colour you want; Modi will not go into that colour.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • May
  • Want
  • Language

• I just want to be at peace with myself, personally and professionally. I want to lead my life the way I want to without having to worry about what the other person may be thinking. Professionally again, I would like to be able to just do films that I want to without having to explain my reasons to my friends, family and fans.

  

  Rani Mukerji
  • Life
  • Thinking
  • Family

• 'Moonlight' is a story that hasn't been told. Whether placed as queer black cinema or urban male cinema, the lack of coming-of-age films featuring people like Chiron and set in places like inner-city Miami is pronounced and unfortunate.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • People
  • Age
  • Black

• My own hobbies are rather quiet. I like to read and do needlework, and I love animals.

  

  Betsy Byars

• We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

  

  Christian Nestell Bovee
  • Nature

• America has exercised its power to insist on elections in Palestine, which Hamas did win. Once they won, we then engaged in a policy not only of ostracism, but by financial boycott, in effect of undermining it, and creating more tension and radicalism and poverty in Gaza, which was susceptible to exploitation by Hamas.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Power
  • America
  • Poverty

• Left-wing social policies sicken our behavior and corrupt our culture. People bend principles and sacrifice integrity to get as much as they can from the government. Giveaway programs encourage every imaginable sort of cheating and dishonesty. Wheeling and dealing in food stamps is a way of life. Lying and fraud are commonplace. Whenever you're dependent on the money, the end justifies the means.

  

  James Cook
  • People
  • Culture
  • Government

• America is a melting pot of immigrants. So actually, if you took all of the immigrants outside of America, you'd be missing a lot of flavor, starting with the food, with the culture, with the dance, with everything.

  

  Wyclef Jean Fugees
  • America
  • Culture
  • Dance

• I just felt being part of my peer group so strongly. I was immersed in teen culture, but not taken in by it.

  

  S. E. Hinton
  • Culture
  • Taken
  • Teen