Jesmyn Ward Quotes

I read everything. When I say everything, I read everything: children's literature, Y.A., science fiction, fantasy, romance - I read it all. Each genre fulfills a different need I have. Each book teaches me something.

Jesmyn Ward

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ScienceChildrenMeBookLiterature

As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance.

Jesse Eisenberg

TruthYourselfYouFeelingCreate

My parents divorced when I was 3 years old. They had a lounge act in Las Vegas, where I was born. The band broke up and the marriage dissolved, and my mother, my sister and I moved to Southern California. And I didn't see my dad a lot growing up; he was on the road a lot. I'd see him every couple years.

Jenny Lewis

MarriageMotherParentsSisterRoad

What we're dealt with hopefully is two arms, two eyes, two legs, a head, a heart. The variations, the extensions, the possibilities of the human body, what that can do.

John Guare

HeartEyesPossibilitiesBodyLegs

The Scoutmaster who is a hero to his boys holds a powerful lever to their development but at the same time brings a great responsibility on himself. They are quick enough to see the smallest characteristic about him, whether it be a virtue or a vice.

Robert Baden-Powell

GreatTimeHeroResponsibilitySee

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

Rita Mae Brown

DecisionWrongEvenAnyFollows

Before I begin to write, I listen to music that inspires me. I listen to folk Punjabi music, sufi music.

Rupi Kaur

MusicMeListenWriteBeginBefore

Most cops are not looking for understanding. They work in a world filled with a sense - real or imagined - of danger lurking around each corner and every hallway. Most cops are merely looking for respect.

Mike Barnicle

WorkRespectWorldLookingReal

I visited Libya in September 1996 for the 27th anniversary of the 'revolution' - a military coup that a 27-year-old Gadhafi led to topple the monarchy and since which he has ruled. Some were optimistic that Gadhafi's 'revolution' could herald a new Libya, but it didn't take long for his brutality to stamp out any such hopes.

Mona Eltahawy

AnniversaryRevolutionLongNewOut

You write about what you know, and you write about what you want to know.

Joyce Maynard

YouKnowWantWriteAbout

In my own case I have frequently faced the pitcher when I had no desire whatever to hit. I wanted to get a base on balls.

Johnny Evers

DesireMy OwnBallsWhateverOwn

I'm obsessed with pilgrimages. I love following old routes, imagining the consciousness of those who walked them.

Johnny Flynn

LoveOldConsciousnessWhoThose

Marrying Martin and the movement perfected my journey of discovery, soothed my yearning to pour out the values and vision within my soul.

Coretta Scott King

JourneyVisionSoulMy SoulValues

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