Marlon James Quotes

A lot of time, I'd spell things in standard English instead of phonetically because I want people to understand what's going on. It's also very lyrical, and the great thing about lyrical prose is even when you're not totally sure of the words, you can be swayed by the musicality of it.

Marlon James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: jamaican
  • Birth: November 16, 1976

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I haven't really decided to be an actor yet! I started doing plays when I was about 15 or 16. I only did it because my dad saw a bunch of pretty girls in a restaurant and he asked them where they came from and they said drama group. He said, 'Son, that is where you need to go.'

Robert Pattinson

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Everything is possible at any one competition.

Simone Biles

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One of the big issues in Ohio and elsewhere is people do not have the skills to take advantage of the openings that are out there.

Rob Portman

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Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.

Rod Paige

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There is no doubt that someone who tries to throw a curve or pitch at any early age before he's developed, before his hand is big enough to grip the ball correctly, will damage his arm.

Robin Roberts

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My job is to unite everybody, bring everybody back together.

Ronna McDaniel

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We took over with 'Leverage' three warehouses, and now four with 'The Librarians,' and turned them into proper sound stages with sound doors and all the lights. We now have control of four real, proper-sized sound stages. The problem is they're dark and empty half of the year because there aren't enough productions coming into Oregon.

Dean Devlin

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The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration.

Debbie Allen

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I don't like the name, U2, actually.

Bono

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For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament.

Bob Brown

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I love going to the feed store and drinking coffee and talking about how much rain we need.

Thomas Haden Church

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I was in a university prep school in Canada, and the way that particular place worked was, you chose at a very young age what you were going to do with the rest of your life. Mine was law.

Leslie Hope

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