Elizabeth Berg Quotes
I do think that there's an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well.Elizabeth Berg
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -
The day I finished 'Twilight,' I came home and started bulking up. For 'New Moon,' I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was in 'Twilight.'
Taylor Lautner -
Why should I marry? One marries to have children, but I already have children! My nieces and nephews are my children.
Salman Khan -
When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
Karl Marlantes -
Some people ask, 'How do you attract the young and so many different people when your poetry is complicated and different?' I say, 'My accomplishment is that my readers trust me and accept my suggestions for change.'
Mahmoud Darwish -
I'm Cuban, so I like a bit of curve. I just want my booty to have a little lift!
Odette Annable
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A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
H. L. Mencken -
One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
H. P. Lovecraft -
I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
Sam Shepard -
War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
Ted Turner -
It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
Victor Hugo -
All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
Rachel Dratch
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Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
Camille Paglia -
The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
H. Rap Brown -
Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
Jack Nicklaus -
For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's like you get down to the selling organs part, and it just loses some of its luster.
Callie Khouri -
There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
Calvin Klein
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No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
Dan Marino -
There is no doubt that America remains the premier political, economic, military power in the world, and I both expect and count on it remaining so, because I think that's certainly in our best interest but also the best interests of the world.
Hillary Clinton -
A canon is antithetical to everything the New York art world has been about for the past 40 years, during which we went from being the center of the art world to being one of many centers.
Jerry Saltz -
I would hope the NBA Players Association would say that people like LeBron could come out early because he's so gifted, but if you stay, you stay three years. Your skill level will be greater, and the chances of you going to the NBA are much greater.
Larry Brown -
I do think that there's an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well.
Elizabeth Berg