Jesmyn Ward Quotes

It infuriates me that the work of white American writers can be universal and lay claim to classic texts, while black and female authors are ghetto-ized as 'other.'

Jesmyn Ward

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WorkMeBlackAmericanWhiteClaim

There is dissatisfaction in all of us. Some of us take out that dissatisfaction by attempting to ruin whatever you are attempting to do. This is a fact of life.

John McAfee

LifeYouWhateverOutRuinTake

You see 6,000 times more tech companies in San Francisco than you see in Seattle. All the money is in San Francisco when you look at the venture fund maps. The PR is in San Francisco. The centricity of the industry is in San Francisco.

Robert Scoble

MoneyYouLookMoreSeattleSee

I am a mystery to myself.

Angelina Grimke

MyselfI AmMysteryAm

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Sophocles

MoneySweetProfitDeceptionEven

I always used to look at books and wonder how anybody could come up with so many words. But my divorce and then falling in love with somebody else has released in me an ability to write in other ways apart from songs.

Roger Waters

LoveWordsMeDivorceLookWonder

I like to show what happens to people in the past and how it affects their present.

Ruth Rendell

PastPeoplePresentIn The PastShow

I can find every jacket under the sun that I like. But I cannot find trousers cut the way I want them. They're all really tight at the bottom. Nobody does a boot cut on a trouser leg. It drives me crazy.

Jay Kay

SunMeCrazyFindI CanNobody

I just - I come from a very little town where the militarization of the police force is a very real issue.

Jonathan Van Ness

PoliceRealLittleForceWhereJust

There's nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it's going really well. I can see everybody's face practically in the whole room. There's no cameras in the way, and it's just me.

Drew Carey

MeSmallEnergyFaceComedyI Can

Ronald Reagan became, you know, not only a Republican but a pretty conservative Republican - not the most. But a pretty conservative Republican. And he's somebody that I actually knew and liked. And he liked me. And I worked with him and helped him.

Donald Trump

MeYouKnowConservativeRepublican

Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, and Silverchair are taking the simplest elements of Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam and melding them into one homogenous thing.

Chris Cornell

StoneTempleNirvanaPilotsElements

People like Ian McEwan and Jonathan Franzen completely bore me.

David Shields

PeopleMeLikeBoreJonathan

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