Jesmyn Ward Quotes

If I'm honest about the people that I love, then I need my characters to live through the same things that the people I love and care about are living with and struggling with.

Jesmyn Ward

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LoveLivePeopleCareLivingNeed

I don't have nothing to regret at all in the past, except that I might've unintentionally hurt somebody else or something.

Jimi Hendrix

PastRegretHurtNothingSomething

The question was, in a sense, at Princeton Review, how much value was I adding as a public company CEO. I was adding less than other people might've... I think you want to move on when you've given your best work and then feel that you're not going to add as much value moving forward.

John Katzman

WorkBestMoving ForwardValueThink

I grew up in Hong Kong, and London used to seem very gray: the sky was gray, the buildings were gray, the food was incredibly gray - the food had, like, new kinds of grayness specially invented for it.

John Lanchester

FoodSkyBuildingsNewLondonGray

I think when I was young, let's call it high school, and even before that, I just loved comedy, and I loved comedians. I grew up watching Laurel and Hardy. That's really a long time ago. I loved Jerry Lewis. I just loved comedians.

Steve Martin

TimeSchoolHigh SchoolThinkLoved

I just know how lucky I am.

Steve Scalise

I AmKnowLuckyJustHowAm

There is one universal sex law: Sex shall not be unregulated.

Robert Anton Wilson

LawSexUniversalShall

Austerity policy without currency devaluation can only hamper economic growth.

Lou Jiwei

GrowthEconomic GrowthPolicyWithout

Democrats fell in love with the idea that winning elections was a matter of talking to voters about the one issue we think impacts them, instead of our plan to move the country forward as a whole.

Jason Kander

LoveWinningForwardThinkPlan

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except curiosity and the will to learn, that my taste for reading developed and was refined.

Jose Saramago

HomeCuriosityReadingLibraryHelp

Doubt yourself all you want, but you have to make choices in life and live with them.

Bryan Lee O'Malley

LifeLiveYourselfChoicesYouWant

Storage is important. Whether it's cushions you only use outside in the summer, or blankets that only come out in the winter, you've always got to think of where to store them.

Anthea Turner

WinterThinkYouSummerImportant

Our records are commodities. We're looking to make a sale. The radio stations are looking to get the advertising dollars. The end.

Ali Shaheed Muhammad

AdvertisingLookingEndRadioGet

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