Jesmyn Ward Quotes

I'm a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative language, which goes against the trend in fiction.

Jesmyn Ward

Recitation: by Male by Female

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PoetryMeWorldReadingLanguage

Comedy's all math, figuring out the timing.

Jeffrey Wright

ComedyTimingOutMathFiguring

Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.

John N. Mitchell

LifeAttitudeUsOurTowardsToward

The most essential thing for us was to get the business model right, then put the world-class technology under it to support it. At Merrill, that meant not doing what people expected.

John McKinley

BusinessTechnologySupportPeople

There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them.

Robert Sternberg

TeacherGreatUniqueRecipeAbout

When a book comes out I wonder if one person will buy it. It's agony. Of course it's stupid, but it's agony.

Jeffrey Archer

StupidBookWonderPersonWillOut

My grandfather, who is English, was a member of a gentleman's club called the Caledonian, which you can only be a member of if you have Scottish lineage.

Rupert Friend

GentlemanYouGrandfatherClubOnly

'The Look of Silence' was an unforgettable, chilling documentary.

Liz Tuccillo

SilenceLookChillingDocumentary

I think this movie, 'Moneyball,' symbolizes becoming a man for me, and I think my character becomes a man. It's important to me: I'm becoming a man. I'm taking my life seriously. I'm taking my acting really seriously, and it's important for me to play adults. It's important for me to change and develop as I get older.

Jonah Hill

LifeChangeCharacterManMeThink

We all look for lost time.

Christian Lacroix

TimeLookLost

I don't have any personal grudge against Vince Russo, but I just know watching the shows that all his shows look the same.

Bret Hart

LookKnowPersonalWatchingSame

My uncle is an actor, my dad is a producer, so they asked me if I was interested, and I was like, 'How can someone act in front of so many people with lights and emote.'

Prabhas

PeopleMeSomeoneUncleLightsAct

Almost everything about American society is affected by World War II: our feelings about race; our feelings about gender and the empowerment of women, moving women into the workplace; our feelings about our role in the world. All of that comes in a very direct way out of World War II.

Rick Atkinson

WomenWarMovingWorldSocietyWay

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