John Scott Quotes

In my books I might hold the mirror to my own face. If others would like to borrow the mirror, they're welcome. The books aren't there to accuse others - merely to raise issues and keep the debates alive.

John Scott

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I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American.

Jimmy Carter

ManBlackThinkAmericanPresident

My style is unique and random. But I think it's important that it still makes sense.

Jess Glynne

StyleRandomThinkUniqueImportant

I struggled with a lot of doubts around my songwriting and around what I was and what my purpose and mission were.

Jens Lekman

PurposeMissionSongwritingDoubts

The problem is that television executives have got it into their heads that if one presenter on a show is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed heterosexual boy, the other must be a black Muslim lesbian.

Jeremy Clarkson

BlackProblemTelevisionBoyMust

The physical evidence does not change because of public pressure or personal agenda. Physical evidence does not look away as events unfold nor does it blackout or add to memory. It remains constant and is a solid foundation upon which cases are built.

Robert P. McCulloch

ChangeMemoryFoundationPressure

Once, Pina Bausch was about something, however disagreeable.

Robert Gottlieb

SomethingOnceAboutDisagreeable

I don't know when the last time I had fried chicken was. Must've been years. As soon as I think about eating it, I think about the stomach ache I'd get.

Michael Jai White

TimeEatingThinkKnowChickenGet

There are two really good feelings. The first is when you land sponsorships that allow you to be competitive. Then to win a race is the icing on the cake that you've made with the sponsorship.

Robby Gordon

GoodCakeWinYouFeelingsLand

I know who I am, and I know my story, and the things that I talk about are authentic and real, and I always say this: I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.

Logic

I AmStoryLovedKnowSayTalk

Publishers have published women's fiction into a corner, and now we are all trying to punch our way out of it. We just have to write the best books we possibly can and hope that, once the pink covers and Bridget Jones have faded from memory, we might finally be allowed just to be called writers.

Lisa Jewell

WomenHopeBestMemoryPinkTrying

No one gave me a cake or a going-away party on my last day of 'Beverly Hills 90210.'

Jason Priestley

DayCakeMePartyBeverly Hills

Every writer from Montaigne to William S. Burroughs has pasted and cut from previous work. Every artist, whether it's Warhol or, you know, Dangermouse or whoever.

David Shields

WorkYouArtistKnowCutWriter

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