Sue Monk Kidd Quotes

Giving voice to marginalised characters is extremely important to me. I want to explore the pain of disenfranchisement, the social strata and boundaries we create and how to make them more permeable.

Sue Monk Kidd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.

John Fogerty

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Dream projects are always a funny thing to label. I guess just more exciting scripts in my inbox. Maybe an exciting script about John Lennon.

Andrew Gower

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I think in any situation, so much of effective leadership is when it comes from your own personality. And I feel very fortunate to be comfortable in the Colts locker room, where people can be who they are, and they don't have to change it when they show up to work that day.

Andrew Luck

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We did 'The Simpsons Movie,' which took almost four years; it was the same people that do the TV show, and it just killed us. So that's why there hasn't been a second movie. But I imagine if the show ever does go off the air, they'll start doing movies.

Matt Groening

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If we understand the worm, we understand life.

John Sulston

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I try to write 1,000 words a day - about three pages. When I reach 1,000 words I feel good. Less than that: a failure. More than that: tired.

Tracy Chevalier

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I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.

Mika

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In August of 1989, we arrived in Los Angeles where we had family. With their help, along with that of Jewish resettlement organizations like HIAS, my parents were set up with jobs.

Milana Vayntrub

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A woman should be pink and cuddly for a man.

Jayne Mansfield

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There are actors I have very strong chemical responses to, and I strive always to figure out ways to work with them and get them to sing my stuff.

Jason Robert Brown

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Everyone is so weird in L.A. that if you're somewhat normal, it's exotic.

David Spade

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If we are going to have to worry all the time that we might offend some students' sensibilities, we are not going to be able to teach in a way that actually matters. We're not going to be able to teach about sex, gender, race, religion, or violence.

Alice Dreger

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