Leslie Marmon Silko Quotes

I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go much deeper into my thoughts and memories than conversation does. Writing provides the solitude necessary to reflect on being in this world.

Leslie Marmon Silko

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 5, 1948

Topics

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I believe in research. Each movie at Pixar involves research with college professors or taking trips to learn as much as we can about a particular subject matter.

John Lasseter

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We never want to hear the customer say, 'You have nice sunglasses, but I can't find jeans in my size.'

Robert J. Fisher

SunglassesCustomerYouFindNice

In 1941 Richard Owen said that the dinosaurs were almost hot blooded.

Robert T. Bakker

SaidHotDinosaursAlmostWere

In later life, we don't easily talk of fears, but instead we discuss our 'concerns.' Fear seems too primal and hysterical, but concern is polite and intellectual and nicely under control.

Michael Leunig

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People who were gay were pitied and ridiculed by my parents - they had no modern sense of people being allowed to be who they were.

Miriam Margolyes

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The thing about growing old is you have to accept it - if you don't, you'll be as miserable as sin. You've got to try and find the few good things about it.

Judy Parfitt

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If a French woman wears jeans, it's never with flats - always heels.

Julia Restoin Roitfeld

WomanNeverAlwaysHeelsJeans

On 'Silver Linings Playbook,' David O. Russell is the master at getting his actors to give him something that he doesn't expect. He loves to keep things spontaneous. He talks to the actors throughout a take because, in real life, you don't know what the next person is going to say; you don't know when you're going to get interrupted.

Julia Stiles

LifeYouPersonKnowSaySilver

When I did my first price guide in 1979, publications weren't interested in mentioning it. Now I get phone calls weekly if not daily from publications and television shows who want to know what's hot, how to get started in antiques, and the best way to buy antiques.

Judith Miller

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I always say that modernization is not an abstract thing; it's a very specific task.

Dmitry Medvedev

SayAlwaysTaskAbstractSpecific

A lot of people like lollipops. I don't like lollipops. To me, a lollipop is hard candy plus garbage. I don't need a handle. Just give me the candy.

Demetri Martin

PeopleMeGarbageCandyNeedHard

For a long time, I believed that a great piece of music on its own could do more to stir the soul than any other single art form.

Chris Milk

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