Leslie Jamison Quotes

The 'here' of Watts is pastel houses with window gratings in curly patterns. 'Here' is yard sales with bins full of stuffed animals and used water guns. Here is Crips turf.

Leslie Jamison

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Why do a reality show if you're going to be fake?

Joanna Krupa

RealityFakeYouWhyGoingShow

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.

Jenny Shipley

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I want people to believe me when I play a part and they are less apt to if they know a lot about me and have associations about me.

John Hawkes

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Over the years, I've come to realize that sometimes a ghost isn't always a ghost. Sometimes, telling a ghost story is a way to talk about something else present in the air, taking up space beside you. It can also be a manifestation of intuition, or something you've known in your bones but haven't yet been able to accept.

Jenna Wortham

SpaceStoryPresentYouSometimes

We should not have our children going to school to learn how to become obese.

Jeanne Kohl-Welles

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I think people hate me pretty much across the board, which is nice. I mean, it's a pretty evenhanded loathing among a certain amount of the critical population, which used to be about 80 percent. So now I've gotten to the point where I just don't worry about it that much. It used to be very upsetting, now it's only mildly upsetting.

Michael Ian Black

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The good ending dismisses us with a touch of ceremony and throws a backward light of significance over the story just read. It makes it, as they say, or unmakes it. A weak beginning is forgettable, but the end of a story bulks in the reader's mind like the giant foot in a foreshortened photograph.

John Updike

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As far as luxury goes, about the only thing I do is... I go first class all the way. I live on the road, so when I'm out there, I'm getting the nice hotel suite, I'm getting the luxury car, I'm eating the good food, and I make sure I take care of myself on the road.

Trish Stratus

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I'm a human being, I'm not a machine. I'm 72. I'm dyslexic.

Robert Blake

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It was actually after I saw 'Pinocchio' that I thought I might try and work in that industry in some way.

Ron Clements

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It's hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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To represent your country is an honor and a great experience.

Michelle Kwan

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