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Jill McCorkle Quotes

My joy as a writer is circling around and around and down and down to find out who the real person is.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: July 7, 1958

Topics

Joy Find Down Person Real Out

The implications of likability are long-lasting and serious. Women adjust their behavior to be likable and as a result have less power in the world. And this desire to be liked and accepted goes beyond the boardroom - it's an issue that comes up for women in their personal lives as well, especially as they become more opinionated and outspoken.

Jessica Valenti

Women Power World Behavior Result

I'm always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit.

Change People Friends Meeting New

Now that I'm an adult and have a big say in what we eat on Christmas Day, turkey doesn't even make it on to the starting grid for consideration. It isn't just my least favourite meat; it's my least favourite protein.

John Lanchester

Day Now Say Christmas Eat Meat

I grow vegetables - I'm a vegetarian; I've got strawberries, artichokes, leeks, broad beans.

Anita Pallenberg

Grow Vegetables Strawberries Beans

We think we know what it's all about; we think that disability is a really simple thing, and we don't expect to see disabled people in our daily lives.

Daily Simple People Think Know See

My stories have a deep spiritual core because I have a deep desire to understand things of the spirit, but yet I don't think I've written these stories from any kind of specific religious agenda because I don't think that would work.

Work Spiritual Deep Think Desire

I'm glad that it was so physical and so isolated.

Glad Physical Isolated

Before the surge started, frankly, after I left Iraq towards the end of 2006, I was worried that we were losing the war. But after the surge, I felt that we succeeded.

War Losing End Left Started Before

If you have nothing to say for yourself then kindly keep your mouth shut!

Roland Freisler

Yourself You Mouth Say Nothing Keep

Obviously, that's the thing any athlete wants to be able to do, to take weaknesses and turn them into strengths.

Robert Whittaker

Athlete Strengths Turn Take Able

I think that I, because of student government and because of working in Baltimore, knew how to be creative with very little resources.

Creative Government Think Student

I want to bring drawing back to the basics, make it about the pleasure that it can afford and remove the notion that it's some kind of precious or difficult activity. It's another way of telling a story.

Story Drawing Back Want Kind Way

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