John Edgar Wideman Quotes

The primary thing writing and basketball share is the sense that each time you go out, each time you play or begin a piece, it's a new day. You can score 40 points one game, but the next game, those points don't count. You can win the Nobel Literature Prize, but that doesn't make the next sentence of the next book appear.

John Edgar Wideman

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 14, 1941

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Feminism means, basically, are you in favor of equal opportunities for men and women? It's hard to argue with that.

Joanna Coles

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One of the things I definitely think of as a driver of me is fear. And it's fear of failure, fear of being overtaken.

Jocko Willink

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Some colleges and universities in Virginia have chosen to ban concealed carry, and we believe that those universities have created more dangerous environments for their students, faculty, and staff.

Jerry Falwell, Jr.

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The worst headline is one that contains a factual error. Bad headlines are ones that are bland, and don't tell the reader anything specific, like 'Democrats at it Again.'

Jennifer Lee

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I am subject to very powerful lows. When you have highs, you have terrible lows. When you pinpoint that you are responsible for everything that happens to you, it is very frightening.

Jeanne Moreau

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There comes a time in the seeker's life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved.

Sri Chinmoy

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I consider Keith Ellison a friend.

Tom Perez

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Working with HBO was an opportunity to experience creative freedom and 'long-form development' that filmmakers didn't have a chance to do before the emergence of shows like 'The Sopranos.'

Martin Scorsese

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I will never forget the pleasure and instruction I derived from working with a true master of his art, such as Edward G. Robinson was - and is. Surely his record for versatility, studied characterization - ranging from modern colloquial to the classics - and artistic integrity is unsurpassed.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

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We should not burden a sitting president with civil suits, criminal investigations, or criminal prosecutions.

Brett Kavanaugh

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I am going to retire, and it is going to be a permanent retirement.

Art Bell

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We always make the mistake in the United States of America in Democratic or Republican administrations alike is we tend to embrace the despot that's least troublesome to us. That should not be the way we view things.

Anthony Weiner

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