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Phyllis George Quotes

Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create these crafts out of necessity, and now we do them for fun, to make money and to express ourselves.

Phyllis George

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 25, 1949

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History Money Fun Feel Create Now

I take my religion seriously.

Jim Inhofe

Religion Seriously Take

The stories are what they are in my head. They take their own course and refuse to be influenced by anything or anybody. So I just record what I see and hope that people like it.

Jessica Bird

Hope People See Head Anything Own

When we say 'democracy' we have to mean what we say.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Democracy Say Mean

It seemed ironic that Lowell Levine and I, who were both Jewish, were going over to identify the remains of a man who was so anti-Semitic.

Michael Baden

Man Over Jewish Going Who Identify

To see professional actors do my work, to take it seriously - that was the thing that made me think playwriting could actually be what I do. It's not a profession that has some sort of clear career track, like, 'This is what you do to be a playwright.'

Stephen Karam

Work Me Think You Career Seriously

I'd like to put together a think tank of people - economists, futurists, city planners, a few department-store people - to discuss reinventing the department store.

Stanley Marcus

Together People City Think Like Few

Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin.

Tori Amos

People You Find Too Much Try Begin

When you come off that last hole and you've just finished a good round of golf, life is good. When you come off that last hole and you messed it up through four or five holes and just played a lousy round of golf, it's just not a very good day. It just isn't.

Tom Watson

Life Good Day Good Day Golf You

At my dinner parties, I like to serve cheese after the main course because you still have red wine in the glass, and it goes very well with the cheese. And that is what they do in France, and I think they set a good example.

Mary Berry

Good Red Dinner Think Wine You

I've experienced racism and run-ins with the law, and it's a real thing, and it happens where I grew up. It's something that not a lot of people want to talk about. I feel like I have a duty, and I wouldn't be honest or true to myself if I didn't speak about it.

Little Simz

Myself Racism People Law Speak Feel

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

Doug Larson

Anniversary Survive Better Sometimes

Maybe I could have been good as a drawer if I had done it as much as I did writing, but it's more scary to draw. It's more revealing. You can't disguise yourself in drawing.

Anne Carson

Good Yourself Writing Drawing You