Adriana Trigiani Quotes

And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses - and that if my readers could feel, taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story.

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• There's a spirit of Latina women in all of my work, in the love of the body and the strong sense of self.

  

  Narciso Rodriguez
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• I went from living in the Dominican Republic - every day, my mom and I would cook, or we'd go hang out with the kids - to flying a private jet to Chicago with Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid. People had champagne, and they were going to these amazing restaurants. It was a culture shock. It's important, I think, to have that. To see both sides.

  

  Maika Monroe
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• The Heat gave me an opportunity when nobody else wanted to.

  

  Udonis Haslem
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• My responsibility is to follow the law.

  

  Karen Handel
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• I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.

  

  Halle Berry
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• My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!

  

  Edna St. Vincent Millay
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• When I was 13, I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew BASIC programming, self-taught on the family's Commodore 64. One of my crowning accomplishments was writing a silly little program that showed a crudely-drawn Space Shuttle lifting off in a cloud of pixelated smoke.

  

  Walter O'Brien
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• The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
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• One of the main reasons for wanting to perform live again was to have contact with that audience.

  

  Kate Bush
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• Let me encourage you, if someone has wronged you, and you still get that cringing feeling on the inside when you see or think about that person, take it to God and allow Him to keep your heart soft and sensitive.

  

  Victoria Osteen
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• I had no interest in high school besides art.

  

  Damian Loeb
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• My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.

  

  Victor Ponta
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• There are African-American families around this country - a large, large number of African-American families - that operate out of complete fear that their kids are going to be taken from them and will do anything to prevent that.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Country
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• I don't think there is a perfect athlete. But if I had to come close to picking someone who demonstrates all the traits that I feel an athlete should have, I would say the perfect athlete would be Tiger Woods. He has the ability, he's humble and he's very good at what he does.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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• The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

  

  Saadi
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• Over the years, I've learned a lot about nutrition and about myself, so it's a lot more based on feel. I stopped putting a number on it because people were analyzing it too much.

  

  J. J. Watt
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• Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.

  

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• My senior year of high school, I was voted 'Wittiest.' So, several years later, I decided to try my hand at writing humor to see if I could be witty enough to make some money.

  

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• 'And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes.'

  

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• There are so many different ways to make art. And so many good stories. You don't have to have a budget. I feel like it's super possible these days for people to make anything, no matter who you are or where you come from. And that's really exciting. I'm excited to see people around me pushing boundaries in that way, not letting certain structures define them or what art they can make.

  

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• My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for.

  

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• Corporations have enormous treasuries, and there are a lot of things they want from government, many of which clash with the public interest.

  

  Adam Cohen
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• Gourmandise is an impassioned, rational, and habitual preference for all objects which flatter the sense of taste.

  

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• And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses - and that if my readers could feel, taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story.

  

  Adriana Trigiani