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Jewell Parker Rhodes Quotes

In 'Bayou Magic,' I write about African goddess-mermaids who accompanied slaves to America.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1954

Topics

America Magic Write Slaves Who

I love movies that make me cry, because they're tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards: how did they do that?

Love Me Think Cry Movies Emotion

We know that veterans have valuable skills and experiences that are highly sought after in today's workforce.

John T. Chambers

Today Know Skills Veterans Workforce

I do have a regard for the musicality of language that came from BBC sitcoms like 'Fawlty Towers.'

Language Like Towers Came Sitcoms

Never post boring back-to-back selfies.

Boring Never Post

I feel like the worst has happened to me, so what better person to skate to 'Madame Butterfly' than me?

Butterfly Me Better Person Better

This is due partly to the fact that Americans are much better fed than Europeans, and partly to the undeveloped resources of a new country, but more largely to our climate, which acts as a constant stimulus.

Better Country New More Resources

You don't get to recall a senator just because you don't like her or just because you want the seat for your own party.

You Party Just Because Want Own Her

The reason I don't make more movies is because it's really hard to find ideas that I go, 'Yeah, I could spend two years of my life doing this.' Mostly what I do is say no to movies because I go, 'Maybe I would see that, but I don't think I could spend two years on it. I'd go nuts.'

Jonathan Mostow

Life Ideas Think My Life Doing Find

I don't follow what everybody else does.

Follow Everybody Everybody Else Else

Changes in my personal life are nerve-racking for me.

Life Me Personal Changes

I grew up in the GOP sandbox. My dad took me, age 7, to meet Herbert Hoover, in his apartment at the Waldorf Towers. He gave me a silver dollar. Being a young Republican, I spent it on comic books.

Christopher Buckley

Age Me Young Meet Silver Republican

I grew up with my mom being very, very cheap, so when it's free, I'm like, 'Oh my God, it's free - I have to take as much as I can!'

God Mom Free I Can Cheap Up

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