Jesmyn Ward Quotes

There's so much I love about home, but then there's a lot that I can acknowledge that I dislike about home. And acknowledging that to myself helps me see that place more clearly and to bring readers to that place.

Jesmyn Ward

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LoveHomeMyselfMeI CanPlace

A lot of my designs are inspired by the 1930s, when people were fabulous at dressing up. Then it just all kind of fell away.

Jenny Packham

PeopleKindFabulousDressingUp

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.

John Rawls

MoneyFinancePoliticalSystem

One is very crazy when in love.

Sigmund Freud

LoveCrazyVery

The networks found themselves having to compete for an increasingly Balkanized audience.

Roger Mudd

AudienceCompeteFoundNetworks

I was 11 when I was molested. It was like a nuclear explosion going off in my life, destroying everything.

Robin Quivers

LifeMy LifeEverythingGoingOff

Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was being treated. Children tell little more than animals, for what comes to them they accept as eternally established.

Rudyard Kipling

ChildrenMeWhyAcceptMoreNever

I grew up with a very privileged background. My father served as one of the cabinet ministers in Arroyo's government, and he's been a congressman for many years, and he's running again.

Miguel Syjuco

FatherGovernmentYearsUpBeenHe

In the age of globalisation, pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

Jose Manuel Barroso

AgePowerMoreSovereigntyMeans

There are days when I want to feel cool, sexy, goofy, and at these times, fashion helps me define my mood.

Disha Patani

MeCoolFashionSexyFeelMood

Computers do the calculating to allow people to transform the world.

Conrad Wolfram

PeopleWorldComputersTransform

I always tell my students: I don't care which side you're on. I respect you too much to try to persuade you in 120 minutes a week, much less lure you into pretending that you agree with me. All I want is for you to own this democracy, to see yours, to have a stake in it.

Susan Estrich

RespectMeDemocracyCareWeekYou

I wanted to dismantle the bollocks that there's a military structure to a gang, with a leader, second leader, the good looking one, first babe, second babe. It's far more arbitrary than that and their values shouldn't be romanticised. They aren't something you want to sign up to.

Peter Mullan

GoodLeaderLookingYouValuesWant

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