Stewart O'Nan Quotes

I always squirm when I read what's called 'creative nonfiction,' and the writer is lobbing gobs of emotion and language at the world, hoping some of it will stick.

Stewart O'Nan

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CreativeWorldLanguageWillEmotion

Ossie Davis is one of my heroes for civil rights and things like that.

Joe R. Lansdale

Civil RightsHeroesRightsThings

Experience is a great teacher.

John Legend

TeacherGreatExperience

My mom's best friend growing up was diagnosed with AIDS, and he basically raised me when my mom was launching her business. Although I didn't understand at the time what HIV or AIDS was, I knew that's what he passed away from.

Solange Knowles

FriendBusinessTimeBestMeMom

That's my main complaint with Murakami: that he writes these complex males and then really static women.

Lucy Dacus

WomenComplexStaticHeMainReally

I was always okay with the fact that I was taller and bigger than everybody else growing up. My mom, my dad, and my friends always told me I was beautiful.

Jordin Sparks

BeautifulMeMomGrowing UpFriends

You see, we all want the same things. We want to be able to take care of our families, provide for our children, to have a roof over our heads and a good-paying job.

Dennis Hastert

ChildrenJobCareTake CareYouSee

Bull riding is fun, but fighting is it.

Donald Cerrone

FunFightingBullRiding

You know, if you meet someone for the first time, they're not going to bite you.

Chloe Kim

TimeSomeoneYouKnowMeetFirst

What happened is we went into a recession beginning in December of 2007 that was the worst since 1929. And it is a very deep hole that we have been struggling to get out of.

Austan Goolsbee

BeginningDeepWorstOutGetBeen

The only problems I've ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.

Pink

PeopleSayingProblemsFeelHonest

The communications industry has been tremendously successful, but we need to build the railroads and the oil wells and the gold mines of space.

Peter Diamandis

SpaceGoldBuildOilNeedIndustry

When I was on my own in a hotel room in Romania, I had the imagination to keep myself occupied.

Rhona Mitra

MyselfImaginationHotelMy OwnRoom

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