Jesmyn Ward Quotes

I was pleasantly surprised with 'Salvage.' I went to Australia and New Zealand for the novel and met a lot of people who had experienced the earthquakes in Christchurch. They responded very strongly to the book because they had been through these natural disasters and were trying to figure out how to rebuild.

Jesmyn Ward

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PeopleBookTryingNewAustralia

For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.

John Bercow

GentlemanLongHouseRunMoreClub

I've heard everything that anybody can make up or spin, and I know how to cut right through and get to the heart of any issue.

Jeanine Pirro

HeartKnowRightEverythingUpSpin

To simply demand that Assad go, and create a vacuum, could make the circumstances worse. To 'protect' Assad and his brutality is unconscionable. So you have to have a transition period here.

Jeff Fortenberry

YouCreateTransitionCircumstances

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Jean de La Fontaine

DeathManWiseWise ManSurpriseGo

I've been involved in the offering-up-adoption-as-another-choice business for a long time.

John Schneider

BusinessTimeLongLong TimeBeen

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.

Roger von Oech

WorldThinkLookTake AdvantageTake

I've always been pessimistic about China. I can't see China going on without economic or social issues.

Ronnie Chan

AlwaysSeeWithoutChinaGoingBeen

I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.

Russell Crowe

LifeMy LifePlayKnowChessYa

I have a working-class approach to music.

LP

MusicWorking-ClassApproach

Once you see dance as a weapon - and everyone has a different weapon - it makes dance really interesting.

Jon M. Chu

DanceInterestingYouEveryoneSee

The economic reality is that, thanks to smart machines and global trade, the well-paying, middle-class jobs that were the backbone of Western democracies are vanishing.

Chrystia Freeland

SmartRealityThanksBackboneTrade

Sometimes when you've reached a peak experience, you look for other peak experiences... I'd always been interested in art. I was looking for other experiences outside of sports. Art was a form of expression I had always liked a great deal.

Bob Beamon

SportsGreatArtExperienceLooking

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