Dinaw Mengestu Quotes

I tend to write longer narrative pieces after I've finished writing a novel - when the fiction's finished and put away, and I have a chance to take all the ideas that are buried inside of my novels and work with them directly.

Dinaw Mengestu

Recitation: by Male by Female

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WorkIdeasWritingChanceWrite

For memory, we use our imagination. We take a few strands of real time and carry them with us, then like an oyster we create a pearl around them.

John Banville

TimeImaginationMemoryCreateReal

I usually go with the 'less is more' approach.

Andreja Pejic

GoMoreLess Is MoreApproachLess

If you wish to reflect credit upon your parents, accomplish more than they did, solve problems that they could not understand, and build better than they knew.

Robert Green Ingersoll

ParentsProblemsBetterWishCredit

Exacerbating the problem of mass incarceration is that, even after someone is released from prison, the stigma of a misdemeanor or felony conviction makes finding gainful employment difficult, if not impossible.

Stan Van Gundy

ImpossiblePrisonSomeoneProblem

Sometimes we feel like we're only interacting with what's already happening; we don't actually affect anything - sometimes I feel like that, anyway.

Shura

FeelSometimesAnythingAffectOnly

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.

Tom Ridge

LeadershipPowerPeopleTeamYou

WWE didn't want RVD to get over when I was there. They tried so much to... to... not get me... to... to... keep me from that. They didn't understand why the fans liked me, because I don't fit the cookie cutter formula, because I am a non-conformist.

Rob Van Dam

I AmMeWantWhyUnderstandOver

If you're not clipping coupons before going to the grocery store, you're overspending. If you're ordering in or going out to dinner because you don't feel like cooking, you're overspending. If you're not tracking where your money is going, you're very likely overspending.

Jean Chatzky

MoneyCookingDinnerFeelYouOut

I know what I want to look like. I don't want to look trashy. I want mothers to be able to look at me and not have to close their kids' eyes!

Jordin Sparks

EyesMeLookKnowWantMothers

I was never built to play the hero. Physically or emotionally... And they're not as rewarding to play. At least for me.

Antony Sher

HeroMePlayNeverBuiltLeast

The vibe of London as a city is captivating. It's both fast-paced and extremely rushed but still has the calmness that would attract any big-city person.

Ali Fazal

CityPersonLondonAttractVibe

To win two Olympic golds in a row like Daley Thompson is very special. One day, I'm going to have to meet Daley, shake his hand, and thank him for giving me something to chase after.

Ashton Eaton

DayMeWinGivingMeetHand

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