Jesmyn Ward Quotes

My brother died when he was 19, so a part of me indulges and thinks that some part of him that made him uniquely him is out there, on another plane. So inventing the fictional afterlife in 'Sing, Unburied, Sing' was a way of making that wish real.

Jesmyn Ward

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BrotherMeWishWayRealOut

I always had this curiosity about acting, but I was really into sports, and I never really thought about acting as a career. My senior year, I tried out for the high school production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and that was it for me.

John DeLuca

SportsSchoolMeCuriosityThought

I'm sick of 'Wild Things.'

Maurice Sendak

SickWildThings

I'm healthy enough to still skate, so I gotta go because growing up I didn't have - I mean, I grew up in Montana so... there was kind of a little half-pipe in my yard, and that was the extent of the skate terrain in Montana. So I've got to go out and make up for lost time.

Jeff Ament

TimeGrowing UpEnoughLostHealthy

Many people have done really well pulling their characters out; I think 'Wayne's World' really hit the mark.

Stephnie Weir

PeopleWorldThinkDoneOutMark

I don't think you ought to walk into this country one day, and the first stop you make is the welfare office.

Sonny Perdue

WalkDayThinkYouCountryStop

To be honest with you, I am passionate about all the people out there who want to know Jesus, they want to know God, and they are sick of a system that is hung up on a bunch of things that have nothing to do with the love of God.

Rob Bell

LoveGodI AmPeopleSickYou

When you struggle with weight, it's not an internal struggle... it's literally an external struggle, and everyone sees it.

Ross Mathews

StruggleYouEveryoneWeightSees

It's obviously unfair to paint with a broad brush here, but the germ of an idea for a breakthrough in technology doesn't come out of a business school curriculum. It comes out of a laboratory or a math lecture or a physics tutorial.

Michael Moritz

BusinessTechnologySchoolPhysics

For me, personally, getting a podium is not as important as feeling super comfortable on my skiing.

Julia Mancuso

MeSkiingFeelingImportantPodium

The thing I love about President Trump is he's really focused on helping business succeed.

Dennis Muilenburg

LoveBusinessSucceedFocusedHe

Why do we need to support the food stamp program? Because low-income families experience unemployment at a far higher rate than other income groups. Because cutting nutritional assistance programs is immoral and shortsighted, and protecting families from hunger improves their health and educational outcomes.

Donna Brazile

HealthFoodExperienceSupportWhy

You can have the best technology in the world, but if you don't have a community who wants to use it and who are excited about it, then it has no purpose.

Chris Hughes

TechnologyCommunityBestPurpose

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