Aminatta Forna Quotes

I don't have very many little fetishes, but the one I do have is that I like a particular mug to drink out of. It's just a small china cup, and I get very upset if my husband moves it.

Aminatta Forna

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SmallHusbandUpsetDrinkOutChina

After all, as a taxpayer, if I'm acting as the insurer against losses, I should have the right to say what risks the insured can take.

Jerry A. Webman

RisksActingSayRightTakeAgainst

Fashion is fun, but it's not that important, really, is it? It's important to have other intellectual and creative interests.

Jerry Hall

CreativeFunFashionImportantOther

I think when people think of something as basic, they think that it's boring.

Jeremy Scott

PeopleThinkBoringSomethingBasic

Beyond the borders of wealthy countries like the United States, in developing countries where most people in the world live, the impacts of climate change are much more deadly, from the growing desertification of Africa to the threats of rising sea levels and the submersion of small island nations.

Amy Goodman

ChangeLiveSeaPeopleWorldSmall

First of all, Shakespeare is about pleasure and interest. He was from the first moment he actually wrote something for the stage, and he remains so.

Stephen Greenblatt

MomentFirstPleasureStageInterest

The violence seems to be diminishing. They've stared into the abyss a bit. I think they've all concluded that further violence... is not in their interests.

Stephen Hadley

ThinkViolenceAbyssSeemsFurther

If you're not critical about your history, that can be a problem because there are religious leaders, politicians and all kinds of powerful people who can take advantage of a population that isn't really thinking.

Jose Gonzalez

HistoryPeopleThinkingProblemYou

I am just trying to live for my kids. It is all about my kids now. I love them endlessly.

Dolores O'Riordan

LoveLiveI AmTryingNowKids

You don't have to be alone with your thoughts anymore. You don't have to process anything. You can call up someone to do something to instantly make you sort of feel better.

Dennis Quaid

AloneThoughtsBetterSomeoneYou

I make a rod for my own back because people see my novels as quasi documentaries. But it is never history that's the main event of my books. It's my characters.

Christopher Koch

HistoryPeopleBackMy OwnNever

My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.

Christian Bale

LifeInfluenceMy LifeBoringNever

I am the leading federal judge in the country - the leader in the entire country of promoting women law clerks to get Supreme Court clerkships.

Brett Kavanaugh

LeaderWomenI AmLawJudgeCountry

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