Sue Monk Kidd Quotes

I had begun to write novels because of a fierce, self-serving impulse in my own heart. I had not considered the potential in a book for felt communion, the bright largesse of intimately participating in the lives of other people.

Sue Monk Kidd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 12, 1948

Topics

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Seeing New York in the movies is what made me want to live in Manhattan one day. I eventually got my wish, and the city has never disappointed me.

Robert Osborne

LiveDayNew YorkCityMeWish

If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks.

Sidney Lanier

WisdomStandYouWantWhereFound

I loved my mother and father.

Roger Moore

FatherMotherLovedMother And Father

Those who tell you that the territorial question is an abstraction, that you can never colonize another territory without the African slavetrade, are both deaf and blind to the history of the last sixty years.

Robert Toombs

HistoryBlindYouDeafNeverSixty

I couldn't even sing when I started.

Roisin Murphy

StartedSingEven

It's a special feeling when you are blasting through the park along the Monza straights, and there are so many really enthusiastic fans there. I have to admit, though, it's not only the racing I'm looking forward to, as Italian cuisine is superb.

Romain Grosjean

Looking ForwardLookingForwardYou

Obama's not down for the civil rights struggle, and he certainly wasn't down for the apartheid struggle, but he's clearly gonna take advantage of it and insert himself in such a way as to make it look like he is single-handedly responsible for apartheid going by the wayside.

Rush Limbaugh

StruggleLookDownWayCivil Rights

I have nothing against investment banking, but it's like massaging money rather than creating money.

Michio Kaku

MoneyCreatingInvestmentNothing

I don't know what ontological means... I barely graduated high school, and I have never heard that word in conversation.

Lou Barlow

SchoolHigh SchoolConversationKnow

I had a very feminist mother who exposed me not only to Planned Parenthood - my first job - but also to Betty Friedan and Colette and Naomi Wolf.

Liz Goldwyn

MotherJobMeWolfFirstPlanned

There's so many great coming-of-age movies to steal from, and I feel like I just tried to steal from them all equally.

Jon Watts

GreatFeelMoviesI Feel LikeJust

Being a celebrity, you always get really good seats to sporting events, but you never get as good seats as the photographers get. And I really love sports.

Drew Carey

LoveGoodSportsYouCelebrityGet

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