Shirley Knight Quotes

There's a great difference between being popular and being an artist.

Shirley Knight

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Judges should interpret the laws according to what they say, not according to what the judges wish they would say. Judges are supposed to interpret the laws; they are not supposed to make them.

Joan Larsen

WishSayJudgesThey SayLawsWould

I hate to say it because I feel like it might be a jinx, but yes - knock on wood - I have never broken a bone.

Jennifer Carpenter

HateBrokenFeelSayWoodNever

Well, I'm clearly not ugly.

Megan Fox

UglyClearlyWell

We're going to have to forgive a great deal of the Soviet era debt. There's no question about that. Let's face up to that. We're going to have to put in money if Russia is really going to consolidate a democracy.

Jeffrey Sachs

GreatMoneyDemocracyFaceDebtUp

Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.

Steven Moffat

MeResearchWriteLikeHappened

People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue.

Michael Pollan

FoodPeopleEnvironmentalSlowIssue

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.

Lucille Clifton

LifePoetryLanguageMatterJust

I dictate the pace of my fights and no one else.

Luke Rockhold

PaceDictateElseFights

It's very hard for me to place myself alongside another artist. Everyone has something unique to express.

Lizz Wright

MyselfMeArtistUniquePlaceHard

For us to grow globally, it's not enough to just be an exporter. We have to be a creator.

Bob Iger

GrowEnoughCreatorUsJustJust Be

There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library.

Anthony Hecht

GoodPoetryMemoryLibraryKnowWho

I put a lot of myself into my characters when I write.

Alison Tyler

MyselfWriteCharactersI WritePut

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