Jesmyn Ward Quotes

In American culture at large, but especially in African American culture, it's a sign of weakness to ask for help.

Jesmyn Ward

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CultureWeaknessAmericanHelpAsk

There are lots of people out there who think they know the truth about God and religion, but does anybody really know for sure? That's why the founding fathers built freedom of religious belief into the structure of this nation, so that everybody could make up their minds for themselves.

Jesse Ventura

GodTruthFreedomReligionPeople

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

John Keats

SoulIntelligenceSchoolWorldYou

That decision to commit your life to certain principles and a certain narrative, if I wrote a paper on that, I know I'd find inconsistencies.

Matt Stone

LifeDecisionFindKnowPrinciples

It is very rare in the life of an intellectual to see your support network show up all at once.

Matthew Desmond

LifeSupportIntellectualSeeRare

Once you're famous you can't go back.

Matthew Morrison

FamousYouBackGoOnce

I'm on the Internet a lot more than I watch TV and most everybody I know is, and yet if you watch most late-night talk shows, it's as if it doesn't even exist.

Andy Milonakis

InternetYouKnowTalkLate-Night

They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what your country can do for you, but from what you can do for your country.

John Ratzenberger

EnergyYouCountryNeedAskingYour

I have seen for the first time in 100 years of conflict, the two peoples - the Israeli people and the Palestinian people - are ahead of their leaderships.

Amos Oz

TimePeopleConflictAheadFirst

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

Sidney Poitier

MorningWake UpBetter PersonBetter

I do see a lot of my kids, but sometimes I feel as though we have snatched moments. I turn up half way through something, or I only see her at bedtime. I'd like there to be more.

Steve McFadden

FeelMomentsSometimesWayMoreSee

When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered.

Mickey Mantle

HomeCareLongRunWhereHome Run

I didn't sing, but I did play the drums.

Miguel Ferrer

PlaySingDrumsDid

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