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Bobbie Ann Mason Quotes

I suppose the desire to go to town helped make me ambitious, and the allure of the worlds that came in over the radio also helped. But the rewards of growing up on a farm were far greater in many ways than life in town.

Bobbie Ann Mason

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: May 1, 1940

Topics

Life Me Growing Up Farm Go Desire

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love Truth Genius First Last

I cook every day.

Jennie Garth

Day Every Day Cook Every

A fire in a forest is alive with terror and power.

Matthew Desmond

Power Fire Forest Alive Terror

Don't think about work in your bedroom or relaxation area.

Matt Mullenweg

Work Think Bedroom Relaxation Your

I have a good memory for words, and when I come upon a word I don't know, I remember it, or try to - it's almost like a tic. I also just have a good feeling for how words are made and formed in English and the etymologies that give you prefixes and suffixes.

Michael Chabon

Good Words Memory Remember You Know

I'm a very practical, pragmatic capitalist. I was trained at Goldman Sachs. I went to Harvard Business School. I was as hard-nosed a capitalist as you get. I specialized in media, in investing in media companies, and it's a very, very tough environment.

Steve Bannon

Business School Tough Media You Get

I am a huge Pistons fan. Those were some of my best times in college, watching the Detroit Pistons.

Steven Yeun

Best I Am College Detroit Watching

Challenging someone is good. You need to do it. Sometimes they don't even realize you're doing it, like when you joke with a goalie, 'What's wrong today? You losing it?'

Sidney Crosby

Good Today Losing Someone Doing You

I have plenty to look forward to, I'm sure.

Miranda Otto

Forward Look Sure Plenty

No player puts the team on their back.

Julen Lopetegui

Team Back Player Puts

I think every writer will tell you that their characters are always partially themselves: who I am and what I've experienced. It's always there in part of my characters.

Joseph Bruchac

I Am Think You Will Always Tell

When I was really young. My sister and I would create different characters with our Barbie dolls - I'd be the crazy diva Barbie and she'd be the homeless Barbie.

Jordana Brewster

Crazy Sister Homeless Create Young