Jesmyn Ward Quotes

I always understood my ancestry, like that of so many others in the Gulf Coast, to be a tangle of African slaves, free men of color, French and Spanish immigrants, British colonists, Native Americans - but in what proportion, and what might that proportion tell me about who I thought I was?

Jesmyn Ward

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You can't have an energy policy that means you can only have a bath when the wind blows.

Jim Ratcliffe

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'Sour Heart' is a collection of seven linked short stories narrated by young Chinese-American girls living in New York City in the '90s. It's exceptionally hard to describe what I've written without sounding delusional or boring, so I'll just say they are stories about growing up and the pleasures and agonies of having a family, a body, and a home.

Jenny Zhang

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I'm not sitting dwelling about the past or stressing or fretting about something in the future.

Jennifer Aniston

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There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.

Andrew Johnson

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If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation.

Jean Kerr

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Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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I cannot sing karaoke because it's hard and weird. If I actually tried to sing, I would probably sound good, and I think that's weird and not fun.

Skylar Astin

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When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!

Judy Collins

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The commentary track became a lot like the movie and there are some funny, long, awkward pauses that you can tell we're just trying to find stuff to say. None of us had gotten to really talk about the movie until that moment and they were in New York and we were in L.A.

Jay Roach

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I've learned a lot from the investigations and the trial. It's all my fault.

Jay Y. Lee

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A mustache really defines your face. My dad had a mustache when I was growing up, and I can still remember when he shaved it, he looked like a completely different person.

Jason Sudeikis

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And out of all the movies, I don't know what it is, I'll always sit down and watch our 'Footloose'. I cry, I get excited, I cheer, my heart pounds. I really enjoy it.

Craig Brewer

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