Jesmyn Ward Quotes

Faulkner's characters, too, were uneducated. They were deprived, but they were allowed to have very rich inner lives. I want to advocate for that, for inner lives that are much more complicated and more poetic than we think.

Jesmyn Ward

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RichThinkComplicatedWantMore

When we go to play, you flip around and flash around and everything, and then they're not gonna see nothin' but what their eyes see. Forget about their ears.

Jimi Hendrix

EyesYouPlayGoForgetSee

I mean do women like to get the crap scared out of them at the movies? Sure. Of course.

Jerry O'Connell

WomenMoviesMeanOutScaredSure

It certainly is the duty of every true Christian, to esteem himself a stranger and pilgrim in this world; and as bound to use earthly blessings, not as means of satisfying lust or gratifying wantonness, but of supplying his absolute wants and necessities.

Johann Arndt

WorldBlessingsChristianLustTrue

Our biggest fear is that 'Food, Inc.' will move heavy-handed food-safety regulations forward.

Joel Salatin

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I'm a big fan of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty, they're my two favorites.

Andrew Shue

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I can walk into meetings now and ask for equal pay, and the people will listen to me. They may not give it to me, but I will be listened to. That's huge.

Andrea Riseborough

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Advertising at its worst will be killed by the Internet. And rightly so.

Maurice Saatchi

AdvertisingInternetWillWorst

I don't think anyone wakes up and says, 'I want my life to suck today.'

Robert Herjavec

LifeTodayThinkMy LifeWantUp

We can have the best health insurance options in the world, and people still won't get needed care if we don't increase our supply of primary care physicians and nurses.

Jeff Merkley

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Science fiction is something I never understood.

John Waters

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Beyonce adores my little boy. She takes him everywhere.

Solange Knowles

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I'm one of six and would be lost without my siblings. We're really close. They always understand what I'm going through.

Sonoya Mizuno

LostUnderstandAlwaysWithoutGoing

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