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Jennifer Flavin Quotes

I knew that if-God forbid-anything ever happened in my life, I needed to know how to take care of myself.

Jennifer Flavin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: model
Nationality: american
Birth: August 14, 1968

Topics

Life Myself Care Take Care My Life

White writers in many cases choose not to populate their fiction with people of color. A lot of what I'm doing is trying to write against that, not about race but against the avoidance of race that's such a dominant model in white literary discourse.

People Color Doing Trying Choose

I have a lot of favorite films. I tend to love the silliness of 'Bringing Up Baby.' 'Charade' is fantastic. 'His Girl Friday,' the banter in that, that alone made me want to be a writer.

Love Girl Alone Me Baby Friday

I'm a very introverted person. Nothing that's happened has changed that, but one of the reasons I write for teens is it's a real privilege to have a seat at the table in the lives of young people when they're figuring out what matters to them.

People Table Person Young Nothing

The use of threats and intimidation to force energy companies to submit to an extremist agenda may be fitting under a totalitarian regime, but it is never acceptable in the United States.

Energy Never Force United May Use

Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel.

Melina Mercouri

Victory Desert You Over Role Your

Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.

Life Wisdom Man Pain Wise Think

We need a lot more positive Latin role models in movies and in television. They exist! It's not fiction.

Positive Television Movies More Need

A wacky, trendy outfit on a guy over 40 indicates he's got big issues.

Outfit Over Big Guy Wacky Trendy

I would love to say I grew up on 2Pac and The Beatles, but I didn't.

Love Say Up Beatles Would Grew

No, no, I never despair, because George Bush is not running the universe. He may be running the United States, he may be running the military, he may be running even the world, but he is not running the universe, he is not running the human heart.

Heart World Universe Never Human

I want people to be open to the idea of sitting down and reading a Dickens book. They will also have a great time.

Miriam Margolyes

Great Time People Book Reading Down

Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.

Me Growing Up Growing Protect Guns

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