William T. Vollmann Quotes

When I was writing the first few books, what I would do is write a bunch of sentences and then go back and expand and explode those sentences, pack as much into them as I could, so they'd kind of be like popcorn kernels popping... all this stuff in there to make the writing dense, and beautiful for its density.

William T. Vollmann

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BeautifulWritingBackGoKind

My skin doesn't look as good when I'm not eating enough fruits and vegetables, so I try to eat plenty.

Joanne Froggatt

GoodEatingEnoughLookSkinTry

Long experience, in the United States and in other advanced economies, has demonstrated that monetary policy is most successful when decisions are rendered independent of influence by elected officials.

Jerome Powell

ExperienceInfluenceDecisionsLong

I had a lot of different reasons for writing the book, but at its core was the desire to write for black teenage girls growing up reading books they were absent from. That was my experience as a child. 'Children of Blood and Bone' is a chance to address that. To say you are seen.

Tomi Adeyemi

ChildrenExperienceChildGrowing Up

I love reading all kinds of books. I usually have about ten books going at any one time - books about the past, the present, novels, non-fiction, poetry, mythology, religion, etc. Reading is my favorite thing to do.

Mary Pope Osborne

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I take a ton of pride in what our flag and our anthem stands for.

Mike Schultz

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Working on new projects gives you the opportunity to learn and absorb new things.

Michelle Ryan

OpportunityNew ThingsLearnYouNew

I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don't go much any more.

Michael Phelps

HolidaysChurchGoMoreAlwaysUsed

I was touched by the magic of music. My way to communicate was through my guitar and music.

Juanes

MusicGuitarMagicWayThrough

Singing background has always been such a precious thing. I'm always going to be excited to sing behind an artist and learn from them.

Judith Hill

SingingLearnArtistAlwaysExcited

That's what prison did for me, it isolated me, you know, it polished me up like a stone.

Jayson Williams

MePrisonYouStoneKnowUp

We are now operating a school system in America that's more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King.

Jonathan Kozol

TimeDeathSchoolKingAmericaNow

We couldn't get enough Jeremy Lin material in the NBA store fast enough. And when we did, it was just gone in minutes.

David Stern

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