Edwidge Danticat Quotes
Once you're involved in the work, it's really just you and the characters and the words.Edwidge Danticat
Quotes to Explore
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
Mahatma Gandhi -
In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
M. J. Rose -
The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
Earl Weaver -
I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
J. C. Watts -
If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
Eden Phillpotts -
It's not ideal to always be one eye on the Blackberry and two arms around my children. For the sake of mothers out there who don't have the Blackberry but do have the children and are hoping someone will be raising their voice on their behalf, it's a great privilege.
Samantha Power
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I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
B. F. Skinner -
When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.
Zong Qinghou -
The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
Nazanin Boniadi -
But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.
Lakhdar Brahimi -
I'd love to play a Bond villain. Yeah, I'd love to play a Bond villain. Everyone always says this to me; they always say, 'You've got to be a Bond villain', 'We're going to make you a Bond villain...' But they've never, ever approached me, I've never had a whiff of it. I think I'd love to play a Bond villain; I'd have great fun.
Eddie Marsan -
You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.
Victoria Osteen
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A lot of people ask me what my mom has taught me about modeling. The truth is the things she teaches me go deeper than what pose to make or what my good side is.
Kaia Gerber -
I have spent much of my life where the boys are, first as a tomboy and then on Wall Street. Growing up, I loved every and any sport. I was frustrated by girls who didn't, so I spent most of my afternoons with the boys.
Karen Finerman -
Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
Fran Lebowitz -
We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan -
The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
C. V. Raman -
Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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I think we have still to get to a place where we feel satisfied. We have this saying - 'In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king'. We are a little bit that way.
Raghuram Rajan -
If you make your best friend and your significant other the same person, you don't have to disconnect to go tell your girlfriend everything.
Niecy Nash -
Well, anytime I make a movie, I like to load it up with more things than you could ever catch on the first viewing.
Eli Roth -
So my son is very curious, which is fantastic. He loves school. So I don't have to encourage him too much, but I love to do it because I know it's meaningful and words are powerful.
Debra Messing -
Once you're involved in the work, it's really just you and the characters and the words.
Edwidge Danticat