Jesmyn Ward Quotes

In the past, I travelled with 'The Hero and the Crown' by Robin McKinley: I suffer from a fear of flying, and I felt a bit safer knowing I carried the book and characters with me.

Jesmyn Ward

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One of the hard things in my life has been balancing my education with my acting career, because I've been acting since the age of seven, on and off, just doing little parts and things. I've always been very keen to stay in school.

Anna Popplewell

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Democrats couldn't care less if people in Indiana hate them. But if Europeans curl their lips, liberals can't look at themselves in the mirror.

Ann Coulter

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And as a writer, one of the things that I've always been interested in doing is actually invading your comfort space. Because that's what we're supposed to do. Get under your skin, and make you react.

Stephen King

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The station put us on staff at $35 a week... and I mean every week.

Roy Rogers

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My style when I was 17 was very low-key with jeans, T-shirts, and Converse. I was signed to a major record label by then, so I had stylists helping me.

Michelle Branch

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I was lucky enough to have it all. To be successful in business, to have children, to raise them on my own, and to travel and live my life. It was a lot of work, but it's a privilege to have been able to do it.

Diane von Furstenberg

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After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.

Chris Kyle

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When people are smiling they are most receptive to almost anything you want to teach them.

Allen Funt

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As Bromberger observed, rules are understood to be elements of the computational systems that determine the sound and meaning of the infinite array of expressions of a language; the information so derived is accessed by other systems in language use.

Noam Chomsky

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My family was mostly unemployed working class.

Noam Chomsky

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Our only responsibility is to live our own life and take care of our own children.

Leon Kass

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Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

Keri Russell

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