Jesmyn Ward Quotes

One of the ways my first novel failed was that I was too in love with my characters.

Jesmyn Ward

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Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Sophocles

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Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

Spike Lee

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A lot of the time, I don't actually relate to what I'm writing about in pop songs.

Sia

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It would take enormous expertise for Amazon to win in every category. Do you think McDonald's could be number one in hamburgers, seafood, and Chinese food?

Masayoshi Son

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You write these songs which are really dear to you about your family or friends, loved ones, and then you get this call, and they say, 'It's perfect for two vampires making out in the back of a car.' It's some random TV show, and so I say, 'Oh, yeah, perfect - that's what I meant it for.'

Mat Kearney

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I am a bankable candidate.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

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Awareness is the first step in healing.

Dean Ornish

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I think Syria is often covered by phone. You have to talk to activists. You have to try to read the tea leaves. You have to talk to government officials. It's remote-control reporting in a way.

Anthony Shadid

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We have seen the big loan servicers drag their feet in the Obama administration's well-intentioned mortgage modification program.

Sheldon Whitehouse

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I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain.

Shania Twain

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I think that people are going to think of me however they want to think of me, whether it's female or gay or cancer or funny or unfunny.

Tig Notaro

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I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself.

Tina Yothers

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