Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes

When I was little, we lived on 8 acres and my mom had a horse. But when I was 7, my mom kicked my dad out, and then in order to feed us five kids, she got critters cheap or for free and raised them for food. We milked a cow, raised chickens, pigs and beef cattle. We heated our one-story house with wood and stayed cold all winter.

Bonnie Jo Campbell

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WinterFoodMomFreeColdHorse

You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?'

Joe DiMaggio

MeBrainStartForwardYouBody

I believe that Trump is a danger. I believe that he wants to tighten and build up his relationship to Russia for whatever reasons.

Maxine Waters

RelationshipBelieveBuildI Believe

I didn't want to be the lead guy. That's too much work. But I thought that it might be fun to be the lead guy's friend. I'd have days off, and still get a paycheck every week.

Robert Sean Leonard

WorkFriendFunThoughtWeekWant

Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll; women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant.

Ani DiFranco

WomenMusicMenAngerAngryMake

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

Jeanne Moreau

AloneNeedAbsolutely

When you get right down to it, there's something uniquely satisfying in being gripped by a great plot, in begrudging whatever real-world obligations might prevent you from finding out what happens next.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

GreatFindingYouDownRightOut

It's hard sometimes to not want to know what people are saying behind your back and to ignore certain things that are being written.

Sienna Miller

PeopleSayingIgnoreBackSometimes

There's a kind of a fundamental irresponsibility in playwriting, and the strength of playwriting comes from that irresponsibility.

Tony Kushner

StrengthKindIrresponsibility

The terrible thing about the Internet and Amazon is that they take the magic and happy chaos out of book shopping. The Internet might give you what you want, but it won't give you what you need.

Tom Hodgkinson

HappyChaosShoppingBookInternet

I'm a sneaker head. You'll find more sneakers than heels in my closet.

Rutina Wesley

YouFindSneakersMoreHeelsHead

I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries.

Romain Rolland

ManFinancialKnowAnimalsLast

I was definitely a handful back then. I could not sit down long enough to study.

Michelle Carter

EnoughLongBackDownStudySit

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