Antonya Nelson Quotes

My father was among the first of his generation to look into writers who've become part of the American lit. canon. When he wrote his master's thesis on William Faulkner in the Forties, he couldn't find anybody on the faculty at Columbia University to oversee it because they didn't read Faulkner.

Antonya Nelson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 6, 1961

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I'm a walkawayer. If someone brings me a really crap meal in a restaurant I will tell them it's wonderful and then just never go to the restaurant again. I think that's the best way to do it generally, rather than sit and fight and annoy your head. Just pretend to enjoy it and then leave.

Jennifer Saunders

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For most western executives, innovation is about breakthrough technology or innovation. If it's not breakthrough, it's not interesting, and it's all about technology and products.

John Hagel III

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The issue of race is not an issue of choice. It's an issue of birth.

Tony Evans

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It takes courage to acknowledge uncertainty. And nothing is more attractive than demonstrating to another person that he or she is of value to you.

Tony Goldwyn

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It's funny how human beings are so entertained by crimes.

Ludivine Sagnier

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It will have to be a universal movement, and that will never be... because the big-league game, as it is now, is overrun with Southern blood. These fellows would have to stop at the same hotels, eat in the same dining rooms, and sleep in the same train compartments with the colored players. There'd be trouble for sure.

Jud Wilson

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I think of myself as still being about five.

Demi Moore

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You see, that is it with music, you never stop learning.

Dennis Brown

LearningMusicYouStopNeverSee

My business partner Warren Adams and I formed our company WalkRunFly as part of what felt like a logical progression: if you want to execute things to your satisfaction, then you want to have as much control as you can. That leads to helping create work for others, not just yourself.

Brandon Victor Dixon

WorkBusinessYourselfControlYou

It took me a little while to remember how to use a fork. You know, we don't use forks in the penitentiary. You get a spoon.

Anthony Ray Hinton

MeRememberYouKnowLittleSpoon

But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes.

Polly Toynbee

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So I won't say I'm lucky. I'm fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me.

Peter Dinklage

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