Marilynne Robinson Quotes

My brother told me I was going to be a poet. I had a good brother. He did a lot of good brotherly work.

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• I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Army
  • Year
  • Soldier

• If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Road
  • Internet
  • Name

• I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Like
  • Body
  • Dress

• Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.

  

  Kate Mara
  • World
  • Dream
  • Feeling

• Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.

  

  Larry Brown
  • School
  • Kids
  • Worship

• I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.

  

  Nate Silver
  • Great
  • Problem
  • Myself

• But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.

  

  Talcott Parsons
  • Person
  • Theory
  • Him

• I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • People
  • Life
  • Different

• If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.

  

  Takeru Kobayashi
  • Think
  • Competition
  • Taste

• I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.

  

  Maggie Q
  • Good
  • Work
  • Strong

• Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.

  

  Cameron Mackintosh
  • You
  • Best
  • Circumstances

• Madonna and I are very different. Just saying. We're very different. I wouldn't make that comparison at all, and I don't mean to disrespect Madonna: she's a nice lady, and she's had a fantastic, huge career - biggest pop star of all time.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Time
  • Different
  • Career

• I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.

  

  Harold Washington
  • Want
  • Really
  • Mayor

• When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.

  

  Natalia Vodianova
  • Life
  • Remember
  • Dark

• I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a New Yorker. All of the different boroughs and all of the different sounds.

  

  Maggie Wheeler
  • Up
  • Different
  • City

• I am just an actor, but there are these other people who are really selfless. I come from a long line of nurses in my family, and they really do a thankless job.

  

  Sam Jaeger
  • Family
  • Job
  • Actor

• Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment; yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the oceans in search of food or other blessings.

  

  Walter Lang
  • Man
  • Food
  • Water

• The problem in Afghanistan is really not so much land as water. It's a dry country with ample amounts of water running through it, but not to good enough effect.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Good
  • Country
  • Running

• There are people doing yoga in New York, dancing around; that's the power of India. You go to a nightclub somewhere in Spain and there's Amitabh Bachchan on the screen there, dancing around. That's the power of India. That's the power of Indian people.

  

  Rahul Gandhi
  • People
  • Power
  • Yoga

• My brother dying changed me. I didn't realize how strong I was until I lost my brother.

  

  Amy Sherald
  • Strong
  • Lost
  • Brother

• Sustaining the energy and focus involved in doing a good job I think starts to gets tougher the longer you do it.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Good
  • Job
  • Energy

• Sexual immorality and impure thoughts violate the standard established by the Savior. We were warned at the beginning of this dispensation that sexual immorality would be perhaps the greatest challenge. Such conduct will, without repentance, cause a spiritual drought and loss of commitment.

  

  Quentin L. Cook
  • Beginning
  • Challenge
  • Spiritual

• The thing that is always so surprising about plays written in another century is how remarkably elastic they are. When you listen to the way in which Shakespeare attacks relationships, for example, even though the words may start off sounding foreign, in actuality they are so accessible, the motivations so clear, the resonances so contemporary. When you put it in a modern context - we could well be in a place with someone like Gaddafi or Mubarak - it becomes apparent how Richard III resonates with that type of personality, with media and manipulation, alliances and petty jealousies.

  

  Kevin Spacey
  • May
  • Words
  • Personality

• My brother told me I was going to be a poet. I had a good brother. He did a lot of good brotherly work.

  

  Marilynne Robinson
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  • Work
  • Brother