Jesmyn Ward Quotes

On one hand, I am very pessimistic, but on the other hand, if I didn't believe that speaking up would do something, I wouldn't have spoken.

Jesmyn Ward

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I AmBelieveHandUpSomethingVery

China has lunged into the 21st century, while India is still lurching toward it.

Steven Rattner

IndiaChina21st CenturyStillWhile

I don't have anything new to say about teenagers.

Judy Blume

NewSayAnythingTeenagersAbout

I love being able to go on local flights when the weather is right. I've popped to the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and been mountain flying in Wales. When I got my licence I was over the moon, it was one of the greatest days of my life - it took two years to get!

Jay Kay

LifeLoveMountainMoonWeatherGo

If I only dated actresses, I'd be a very lonely man.

Joshua Jackson

ManLonelyOnlyVeryDated

I was on dialysis for 18 months before the transplant, so it was important I tried to look ahead to days like my comeback this Saturday. You need those big goals to drive you on.

Jonah Lomu

GoalsDriveComebackSaturdayLook

Sinatra had a lot of mood swings, but he was wonderful to my wife Barbara and to me. He made no bones about who he liked and who he loved, and he had this great charisma. When he walked into a room, it stopped. I've only seen that happen with Ronald Reagan.

Don Rickles

GreatWifeMeLovedMoodRoom

The gritty indie films are a lot rarer than the films that aspire to fill multiplexes.

David Tennant

AspireThanGrittyIndieRarerFill

I'm really an old-fashioned girl - I like to be romanced.

Aretha Franklin

GirlOld-FashionedLikeReally

Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.

Anthony Horowitz

WritingMagicYouSomethingExist

I don't know if I could write a pop song without at least a little touch of bite in it, and it's usually not a bite that most people would want to sing.

Perfume Genius

PeopleSongKnowWantTouchWrite

I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

Rick Wakeman

UnderstandingRulesPlaceSayWay

How can any government arrange sensible healthcare provision for citizens when the migratory flow is so large, with absolutely no power or control over the quantity coming in every year?

Nigel Farage

PowerGovernmentControlYearFlow

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