Jesmyn Ward Quotes

At every turn, Molly Antopol's gorgeous debut story collection, 'The UnAmericans,' is firing on multiple cylinders.

Jesmyn Ward

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For six years, from 1985 to 1991, I felt pretty weak and useless.

Ang Lee

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When I first sat down with my oncologist the day before Thanksgiving, and she told me I would need 8 rounds of chemo, one of my first questions admittedly was: 'Will I lose my hair?' It sounds shallow, I know, but it was a very scary image to me.

Amy Robach

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I want to tell stories powerful people don't want you to tell. It's not worth getting out of bed otherwise.

John Sweeney

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Doubt is the father of invention.

Ambrose Bierce

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As far as I'm concerned, the coolest word in film is 'cult.'

Troy Duffy

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I've been... chased by paparazzi, and they run lights, and they chase you and harass you the whole time. It happens all over the world, and it has certainly gotten worse. You don't know what it's like being chased by them.

Tom Cruise

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The Egyptians have grown in confidence, they've tasted freedom, and there's no way back.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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Each year is a year for you to get better, so that's what I'm trying to do.

Jason Pierre-Paul

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I'm not qualified for anything else, so I would imagine I'd either be doing something larcenous or I would have already been caught.

Don Johnson

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Always do your best.

Don Miguel Ruiz

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If the message of Jesus was love, hope and compassion, and I can bring that to more people by being a more appealing Jesus, I am happy with that.

Diogo Morgado

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I've tried to maintain my independence in Congress. Sometimes that has meant opposing my own party leaders.

Collin C. Peterson

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