Miriam Toews Quotes

'Irma Voth' is my sixth book, but it's only the third time I've featured Mennonite settings and characters.

Miriam Toews

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My first book, about Ruby Ridge, was made into a miniseries on CBS in 1996, and since then, I've dabbled in Hollywood, pitched a few things, sold a couple of screenplays and a pilot that I wrote with a buddy from Spokane, flirted with seeing 'Citizen Vince' as a film, and most recently, adapted 'The Financial Lives of the Poets' as a script.

Jess Walter

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I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.

Robert Smith

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I rode a bike around town when I was a kid, with my friends, but I never got into cycling as a sport or activity. But, it is really pleasant. It's really nice to hit the mountains with all the trees and everything. I get it.

Andy Samberg

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Even in my really bad, drugged-out days, I didn't go away. I still toured, still did interviews. I never gave up the fight. That's why I'm who I am today, because I didn't leave. And I think I made the right choice.

Stevie Nicks

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I'm not a fan - this is a personal preference - I'm not a fan of tour-de-force writing. I admire it, but it's not where my inclination is. I want to hide.

Tracy Letts

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Often we eat squid fried, so it's fun to grill it for a change. To grill squid, slice the cleaned bodies open into two flat pieces and thread them, along with the tentacles, onto skewers, then grill quickly over a direct fire with the coals as close as possible to the grate, turning the squid several times.

Tom Douglas

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Our Heavenly Father loves you. He has created you to be successful and to have joy.

Russell M. Nelson

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Lots of things that go on in mainstream superhero comics are just stupid. They just show up on the page, and no one makes any mention of it.

Christopher Priest

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People recognize me. Most people are really nice. Sometimes people say, 'Hi, Chelsea.'

Chelsea Clinton

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Huge numbers of people in London depend on their cars. Fuel duty is becoming a big factor in people's cost of living. I believe in trying to ease these burdens.

Boris Johnson

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There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.

William Shatner

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With Will Shakespeare writing your government's propaganda, you can't go wrong, can you?

Peter Hambleton

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