Jesmyn Ward Quotes

When I was writing my first novel, 'Where the Line Bleeds,' which had young black men as its main characters, I was very invested in telling the story and also very worried about the effects the story would have.

Jesmyn Ward

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I love working for Disney! They are my family.

Jodi Benson

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Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of others.

John Petit-Senn

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When I take good care of myself, it lifts my spirits, boosts my confidence, and makes me feel strong. When someone tries to throw me shade, it bounces right off. I look those haters straight in the eye, keep my chin up and shoulders back. Because I know I'm a fierce queen - and they know it, too.

Alyssa Edwards

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My family did a lot of road trips across these continental United States when I was a kid. Twenty or so of us would caravan in four or five vehicles and hit every corner of the connected 48.

Sterling K. Brown

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I'm not a person who comes with bodyguards. I'm a simple jhola-kurta kind of girl. So people treat me as a buddy.

Shreya Ghoshal

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It's easy to figure out whether you're getting stale. All you've got to do is look in the mirror and be honest with yourself.

Tony La Russa

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I was once made honorary mayor of my hometown of Newark, Del.

Tom Douglas

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Season 1 of 'Power' was a hit. Everyone was talking about the series and how I should watch it. The show was well written, and it had a great cast.

Rotimi

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One of my biggest fears as a director is that everything is taking too long on camera. The actor saying their lines, the silence between lines, the length of time it takes to walk from A to B. So you try it at different speeds and then see what sticks in the edit room.

Miguel Sapochnik

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We all pay federal taxes that we send to Washington and it is not unusual that as Americans we would expect some federal investment in the cities and metro areas because we're the ones that are generating the economic activity.

Michael Nutter

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Nuclear proliferation is on the rise. Equipment, material and training were once largely inaccessible. Today, however, there is a sophisticated worldwide network that can deliver systems for producing material usable in weapons.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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Taylor Swift is cool. And I like her music. She's a great performer, and she's fun to listen to at times.

Jared Goff

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