Jesmyn Ward Quotes

As an artist, I feel a certain responsibility to write about difficult subject matter.

Jesmyn Ward

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One thing I learned about riding is to look for trouble before it happens.

Joe Davis

LookTroubleRidingOne ThingBefore

You have to know what your users are experiencing.

Joe Gebbia

YouKnowYourUsersExperiencing

Gooseberries should be mainstream berries! Why are chemically fattened strawberries a thing? Why not the delicious gooseberry?

Andrew Dost

WhyStrawberriesDeliciousBerries

I wanna do a song with Adele! Nobody gets Adele as a feature, so maybe I can. I hope she knows who I am!

Anderson Paak

HopeI AmSongI CanNobodyShe

Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.

Maya Angelou

LoveGreatYouWantWhateverAble

Suddenly in high school, I'm in a predominantly Jewish atmosphere. Jewish people were my gate to white America.

Anna Deavere Smith

SchoolPeopleHigh SchoolAmerica

If Obama's vision of the public sector is socialism, then so too were the visions of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.

Jeff Greenfield

VisionSocialismEisenhowerPublic

We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.

Tom Brown, Jr.

CourageDriveOwlWillSpiritSize

Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy.

Roger Ebert

ChallengesTragedyHumanNeedExpand

I don't shy away from any questions. I'm not scared of any question. I'll give you an answer. A lot of people are scared of having actual opinions out there. People are so scared of criticism... I'm not scared of people disliking me.

Ronda Rousey

PeopleMeCriticismQuestionsYou

You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.

Mitch Albom

WorkCultureBe StrongStrongEnough

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

LL Cool J

StrengthAdversityStepCalmStrong

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