Annie Dillard Quotes
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One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict.
Walter Dean Myers -
I've been to parties in L.A. that are mind-blowing. I mean, quite literally mind-blowing. People get cellphones in the party bag, that sort of thing. Fabulous, fabulous parties.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
Oscar Wilde -
Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it's all in your head?
Octavia E. Butler -
Bringing an end to mass government surveillance needs to be a central pillar of returning to the principles we have put in jeopardy in the early 21st century.
Yochai Benkler -
We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.
Young Thug
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Drugs, were a symptom - they weren't the cause of anything.
Wayne Kramer -
The book that first made me want to be a writer is Flannery O'Connor's short story collection 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find.'
Karin Slaughter -
When no one's buying your records, it's easy to justify selling a song. But once you start selling records, you can't really justify having two songs in Cadillac commercials. It looks greedy. And it is greedy. This whole music thing should be about music.
Patrick Carney The Black Keys -
I was born in Coney Island. I like to think I fell out of the womb onto the fun park's giant Parachute Jump while eating a Nathan's hot dog.
Harold Feinstein -
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Samuel Johnson -
I am definitely a serial monogamist. I can count on one hand the number of guys I've been with.
Danica McKellar
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It's interesting, because as a musician, I don't feel like I need to be on the top of the pop charts.
Zooey Deschanel -
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
Samuel Johnson -
I always felt of myself as a composer, performer, improviser. I've never called myself a jazz man. I make art.
Wadada Leo Smith -
And we did so based on the belief that while these transitions will be hard and take time, societies based upon democracy and openness and the dignity of the individual will ultimately be more stable, more prosperous, and more peaceful.
Barack Obama -
It's a shame that I haven't done an exhibition in India till now. But I am working on one in Delhi for January 2005. If things go well, there will be another in Mumbai too.
Anish Kapoor -
I was conscious of my father's fame from the time I was 6.
Kirk Douglas
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It might be rare, but there are certain moments when you really don't feel like yourself. When you are in the character so fully, it's the best feeling ever. I so love it. Even if those moments come just once a day or every other day, they are just worth it.
Lily-Rose Depp -
There's no repentance in the grave.
Isaac Watts -
There's this really awesome theory of human motivation - that human beings all want three things. One is to be competent, one is to belong, and one is be free, as in to have choice: to not be told what to do but to choose what to do.
Angela Duckworth -
I'm from Michigan and a down-home girl.
Jana Kramer -
The surest sign of age is loneliness.
Annie Dillard