Edwidge Danticat Quotes
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In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores, yet they are in constant need of revenue for facilities, improvements and upgrades to roads and bridges and rails.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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In America, music is more tightly categorized.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.
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Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.
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Christ imparts the capacity of conquest to our lives every single day that we are willing to believe Him.
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I do believe that the coal industry sees the cultural shift toward cleaner energy and global warming solutions as a threat to their interests.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. They instinctively understand the value of the environment.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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Sometimes it's nice to have a song that can be taken more then one way, so it can be interpreted differently.
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To me, the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes.
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In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.
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People aren't really aware of what's happening in other places.
