Lemn Sissay Quotes

My real mother is a survivor, very strong and respected by the people who know her, but our relationship is not easy - but then, it was never going to be.

Lemn Sissay

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MotherRelationshipPeopleStrong

Kids lead a very private life.

Maurice Sendak

LifePrivate LifeLeadKidsVery

I think that there was a lot of undisclosed money that came into South Dakota, driving a message to paint me as a Washington partisan, which I don't believe that I am, but it was a message that resonated, after pounding it away for a number of weeks.

Stephanie Herseth

MoneyI AmMeBelieveThinkDriving

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

Soren Kierkegaard

FreedomPeopleThoughtSpeechDemand

I don't feel I want to complain about anything that's said about me.

Trudie Styler

MeFeelSaidWantComplainAnything

I'm not interested in clothes; I just like them.

Tom Stoppard

ClothesNot InterestedJustLike

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!

Robert Browning

LifeGreatRestFateAimTry

I've yet to see a correlation in my industry between great social media and great numbers.

Mickey Drexler

GreatSocial MediaMediaNumbersSee

The owner of a company with supertight margins - say, a restaurant, retailer, or producer of commodity goods - would be a fool not to keep a close eye on the numbers. But when I make big decisions, numbers are seldom, if ever, the tiebreaker.

Jason Fried

FoolEyeRestaurantDecisionsSay

I grew up in a house where we danced all the time because we're Puerto Rican.

Josh Segarra

TimeHouseUpWhereBecauseRican

I was 35 when I started taking classes at Ohio University. After I got my degree, I kept working at the mill. When I was 45, I decided I was going to try to learn how to write short stories.

Donald Ray Pollock

ShortLearnTryWriteUniversity

I think a 'no' vote is giving the victor, whoever that may be, the win without your participation.

Cory Gardner

WinThinkGivingVoteParticipation

My goal for children's books is to have them become tableside or bedside classics. To me, it would be awesome to write a book that every kid would end up reading at some point in their life because influencing kids in a positive way at such a young age is really cool.

Coy Bowles

LifePositiveAgeChildrenMeCool

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