Marilynne Robinson Quotes

The mind, whatever else it is, is a constant of everyone's experience, and, in more ways than we know, the creator of the reality that we live within... Nothing is more essential to us.

Marilynne Robinson

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LiveExperienceMindRealityKnow

I work hard. I focus on myself and putting food on my dinner table before anything else. I don't worry about other artists. Worrying about the next person in a negative way is the wrong way to be.

Meek Mill

WorkMyselfFoodFocusDinnerWorry

I'm willing to look my own nightmare on film, but if it endangers my life, then I'm willing to put my life before movies.

John Travolta

LifeMy LifeLookMoviesMy OwnOwn

Once you start having success, it's easy to forget the mentality that got you started as a kid.

Mikaela Shiffrin

SuccessStartEasyYouForgetKid

I didn't fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive, I created this 'ideal America.' Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, 'Oh, I don't belong here, either.'

Mitski

SurviveAmericanAmericaAlwaysUp

You can't expect that because you find a story and report it out that your newspaper and broadcasting company is going to want to publish and broadcast it - and you're going to be a hero.

Lowell Bergman

HeroStoryYouFindWantNewspaper

Yes, 'Black Girl/White Girl' might be described as a 'coming-of-age' novel, at least for the survivor Genna. It is also intended as a comment on race relations in America more generally: we are 'roommates' with one another, but how well do we know one another?

Joyce Carol Oates

GirlBlackAmericaRoommatesKnow

My first full year of touring, I did 300 days on the road. That was not including the travel time or publicity or anything else - that was just dates. I was home probably less than 50 days that year.

Josh Turner

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Although it's not something I'm particularly proud of, I'm willing to admit that, in addition to whiling away the long stretches of time in the air and waiting in airport lounges reading the 'New Yorker' and 'New York Times' on my Kindle, I've picked up the occasional tabloid magazine.

Derek Blasberg

TimeNew YorkWaitingProudReading

A sense of place is very important in writing.

William Lashner

WritingPlaceImportantSenseVery

I always had this feeling, what I wanted to do. I was trying to work out myself, my frustrations, my body. I couldn't really pinpoint. I started taking photos of my sister and her friends. I was 15, exploring what it meant to be a 15-year-old girl.

Petra Collins

WorkGirlMyselfSisterFriends

History says, 'Don't hope on this side of the grave.'

Seamus Heaney

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Well, I love Bob Dylan, let's make that clear. He's one of my musical heroes.

Tim Heidecker

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