Marilynne Robinson Quotes

I remember when I was a child... walking into the woods by myself and feeling the solitude around me build like electricity and pass through my body with a jolt that made my hair prickle.

Marilynne Robinson

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MyselfChildMeSolitudeHairWoods

You can't really yell, 'Charge!' and hope to have your team behind you unless they agree that the hill you are trying to take is a hill you should take.

John Delaney

HopeTeamTryingYouHillAgree

Given that Mr. Kerry is clearly exaggerating what happened to minority voters in the 2000 election in Florida, maybe we should wait for him to provide evidence of what he is alleging in 2004.

John Fund

WaitElectionHimFloridaClearly

I'm fascinated by journalism. I put a keen eye, not a negative eye, on its role, particularly how it is changed by the times we're living in.

Robert Redford

EyeNegativeJournalismLivingRole

Only recently have I realized that being different is not something you want to hide or squelch or suppress.

Amy Gerstler

Being DifferentYouHideWantBeing

On the field, everyone is equal.

Roger Milla

EqualEveryoneField

I think its important to keep an element of fear about yourself because it makes you appreciate the jobs.

Rose Byrne

FearYourselfThinkAppreciateYou

As CEO, I accept responsibility for the irregularities that have been found in diesel engines and have therefore requested the Supervisory Board to agree on terminating my function as CEO of the Volkswagen Group.

Martin Winterkorn

ResponsibilityGroupAcceptAgree

As you know, I am a novelist, and I really want to write novels. But I knew enough about the Dreyfus case to understand immediately why what happened to Dreyfus was not merely a cause celebre from the end of the 19th century, but an event that could be shown to teach us lessons of the greatest importance for our own time.

Louis Begley

TimeI AmEndEnoughYouKnow

I don't think my spirituality has affected my character. I feel like my character is much more cynical about his beliefs, and I think I have to kind of drop what I believe in order to play him.

Jason Ritter

CharacterBelieveThinkFeelPlay

Though little known in the U.S., the Dakar is a sports juggernaut in Europe, where France's state broadcasting company runs more than 25 hours of coverage, and the leading drivers and riders are accorded the same status we give to Super Bowl quarterbacks.

Jonathan Miles

SportsSuper BowlMoreCompanySame

There is a 'patrician arrogance' to James Taylor that accounts in part for his popularity while it at the same time explains the critical resistance to his work.

Jon Landau

WorkTimeArroganceResistanceSame

'Greenleaf' is nothing like 'Empire.' I think 'Empire' stands alone in what they are doing. It's a wonderful show. The only thing that is similar though is that they are black families - the shows in it of themselves have very different dynamics.

Deborah Joy Winans

AloneBlackThinkDoingNothing

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