Jesmyn Ward Quotes

I can't stop thinking about the devaluation of black life, and I find it seeping into everything I write.

Jesmyn Ward

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LifeBlackThinkingFindStopWrite

I'm a gatekeeper, and the gatekeepers all used to be mostly old, white men.

Jim Lehrer

MenWhiteOldUsedGatekeepers

The humblest is the peer of the most powerful.

John Marshall Harlan

PowerfulPeerMostMost Powerful

The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.

Maurice Greene

PerfectionMeWorldLookingPerfect

When I'm out and about, I'll text or email myself from my phone. A smart phone is a great tool for a writer.

Steven Hall

GreatMyselfSmartPhoneOutEmail

I don't have what German directors call 'a concept' - a solid, fixed sense of the pattern that you should impose on the given work. I always get the feeling that I am raking up the earth rather than laying down the concrete.

Simon McBurney

WorkI AmYouFeelingDownEarth

There is no reason that billionaires should crowd us out from our democracy.

Martin O'Malley

DemocracyReasonOutUsCrowdOur

There is therefore a tremendous mystery in the fact that God may be united with man and the man with God.

Michael Servetus

GodManMysteryUnitedMayFact

You write a song about how you think at the time, and then gradually you drift away from that, and when it's far enough in the past, that's when you think, 'Now I have to write something new.'

Jarvis Cocker

TimePastSongThinkEnoughYou

'Purple Rain' is probably the best soundtrack.

Jonathan Levine

RainBestPurpleSoundtrack

The people who care the most about the folks in your community are living in the community. They don't live in Washington, D.C.

Chris Gardner

LiveCommunityPeopleCareLiving

'Mad Fashion' follows the everyday workings of me and my workshop, where we make fashion, costumes, props, and couture!

Chris March

MeFashionMadEverydayWhereProps

It's always great to see grey hairs in a crowd; people who are older have been to a lot more gigs than the kids; they've seen everything, so seeing them in the crowd means we've earned their applause.

Winston Marshall

GreatPeopleSeeingGreyMoreSee

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