Jesmyn Ward Quotes

I've heard some writers say that they are obsessed with certain ideas and that they find themselves writing around the same obsession again and again, but telling different stories to get at that same idea. I'm beginning to think that I suffer from this syndrome, too.

Jesmyn Ward

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I think I've always been a player who's done better in the second half, who's done better in the fourth quarter. That's the fun time to play, when everything you've worked for the whole game boils down to those last few possessions.

Jeremy Lin

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The first is the law, the last prerogative.

John Dryden

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I took the California Highway Patrol exam and didn't pass, so I tried to be a cop and failed.

John Cena

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As astute followers of 'Life in Hell' will notice, Akbar and Jeff wear the same striped T-shirt as Charlie Brown. 'Peanuts' was very important to me.

Matt Groening

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Some people will talk about how Afghanistan has improved, but they're really just talking about the cities. In the countryside where the war has been fought, it's really not that much better than it was in 2001.

Anand Gopal

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It requires bravery to do something no one else around you is doing.

Amber Heard

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I was named after my mother's maiden name.

Sprague Grayden

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When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are.

Robin McLeavy

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I know why they don't like me because they want the money I have.

Mike Tyson

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I'm certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose graces I daily enjoy and rely on in so many ways. But I worry about our virtual blinders.

Diane Ackerman

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And I always try to make a clean, honest, product and ideas for people to get into that can transcend time. Like the Dougie.

Doug E. Fresh

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There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold.

Coleman Young

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