Edwidge Danticat Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.
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The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.
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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
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I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I wanted to get a cropped hairdo, but Sreenu Vaitla loves my look in 'Chiruta,' so he suggested that I keep the long hair.
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I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
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The spiritual reality of the Indian world is very evident, very highly developed. I think it affects the life of every Indian person in one way or another.
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Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.
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Our marine terminals are invaluable commerce infrastructure, not only to our country but also for the many foreign manufacturers who sell primarily in the U.S. market.
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My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.
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I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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Why do so manysettle for so little? I don't understand why they're not greedy for what's inside them.
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I always wanted to be a writer. Maybe, had I been brought up in another generation, I might have just gone into writing rather than medicine - which is not to say that I didn't also have a great attraction towards the idea of being a healer. Fortunately, I've been able to combine the two in ways I could never possibly have imagined.
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I care about writing music and playing my music.
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When we know something and rest in that knowing we limit our vision. We will only see what our knowing will allow us to see. In this way experience can be our enemy.
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Every time I sign a ball, and there must have been thousands, I thank my luck that I wasn’t born Coveleski or Wambsganss or Peckinpaugh.
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The more practice you have, the less stressful writing is.
