Michael Dirda Quotes

I've always liked an easygoing, colloquial style. I like the kind of reviewer who is essentially a fellow reader, an enthusiast, a fan.

Michael Dirda

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StyleKindAlwaysWhoFanEasygoing

A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a new focus, a new ratio between commerce and intellect.

John Jay Chapman

FocusNewNewspaperExperimentEach

Not only did I always know I was black, I always knew we were and are beautiful, culturally rich, and creators of everything from the sciences to the arts.

Angela Rye

BeautifulBlackRichKnowEverything

I've never really had any trouble coming up with ideas; they just grow, like weeds. The weeding is the hard part.

Stuart Woods

IdeasGrowTroubleNeverHardWeeds

I see myself as a transient, not an immigrant.

Sonny Mehta

MyselfImmigrantSeeI SeeTransient

I don't think God cares if I wear nail polish or not. I don't think that's a deal breaker for him.

Sofia Vergara

GodThinkHimWearNail PolishDeal

It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women.

Shirley Bassey

SuccessWomenLiveMenWomanMan

The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself.

Tom Watson

FearMyselfPersonTwoLastMost

The TV ads have been coming hot and heavy in Ohio. I think the Obama campaign has outspent the Romney campaign by two-to-one or three-to-one, depending on the analysis you look at. People are tired of the attacks already, and here we are in July.

Rob Portman

TiredPeopleThinkYouLookHot

After my husband died, I could not write much - I could not concentrate. I was too exhausted most of the time even to contemplate writing. But I did take notes - not for fiction, but for a journal, or diary, of this terrible time. I did not think that I would ever survive this interlude.

Joyce Carol Oates

TimeWritingSurviveHusbandThink

That's what we all hope and dream to do, when we stand in front of the mirror with our Goody comb and sing into it, is to have a bunch of songs that have touched people so much that they want to hear 'em every night.

Jay DeMarcus

HopeMirrorPeopleNightStandWant

I would say just the weather in Vancouver in the winter can be kind of unforgiving.

Brandon Jay McLaren

WinterBe KindWeatherSayKind

I feel fortunate to be a part of a football community that includes leaders who recognize the power of sport to make a difference and who, like so many of my coaches, are defined not only by their knowledge but by their ability to bring out the best in every member of their teams.

Ali Krieger

KnowledgeCommunityPowerBestFeel

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