Edwidge Danticat Quotes
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
Laura Benanti -
To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
Garrett Fort -
I always knew when I graduated from high school, I'd go to college. I never thought about what I was walking away from... I just wanted to study literature and writing.
Gaby Hoffmann -
I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
Yuna -
I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.
Aarti Sequeira
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
Garth Risk Hallberg -
I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
D. A. Pennebaker -
You feel like you need to deal with a lot if you're from Cleveland, so you learn to let things roll off your back, and you learn that humor is the best way to deal with it.
Vanessa Bayer -
It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
Garth Brooks -
The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
Jack Schwartz -
Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
Jackie Chan
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If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
Ian McShane -
People think I'm trying to make a fashion statement because I never wear a bra. It's really that I'm a tomboy at heart.
Cameron Diaz -
I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
Girls are going to school again in Swat Valley. And that is great.
Malala Yousafzai -
I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
Garth Brooks -
I'm certainly not your typical front-man material. Some people love being on stage and really open up, and I'm sort of the opposite of that. I don't crave the spotlight. I'm still not comfortable even talking on stage.
Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
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In the case of all things which have a certain constitution, whatever harm may happen to any of them, that which is affected becomes consequently worse; but in like case, a man becomes both better... and more worthy of praise, by making the right use of these accidents.
Marcus Aurelius -
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
Langston Hughes -
Tout finit par des chansons.
Pierre Beaumarchais -
I loved all ghost stories. So I guess it was only a matter of time before I wrote one.
Chris Bohjalian -
There are many creeds but only one faith. Creeds may change, develop, and grow flat, while the substance of faith remains the same in all ages. The overgrowth of creed may bring about the disintegration of that substance. The proper relation is a minimum of creed and a maximum of faith.
Abraham Joshua Heschel -
The greatest gift anyone can give to a writer is time.
Edwidge Danticat