Junot Diaz Quotes

It took me 11 years to struggle through one dumb book, and every day you just want to give up. But you don't find out you're an artist because you do something really well.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 31, 1968

Topics

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My personal style is kind of tomboy-boho chic! Sort of funky but simple.

Jessica Szohr

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You cannot work with men who won't work with you.

John Harvey Kellogg

WorkMenYouCannotWho

My passion is about motivating as many families as possible to learn about vegetables and healthy eating together.

Jennie Garth

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Listening is not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. You have to listen with a heart. I don't want that to sound touchy-feely; it is not. It is very hard work.

Anna Deavere Smith

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I've been acting for years. I always act surprised when Marco Rubio says something stupid.

Ann Coulter

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Women are more open to trying on a new personality every season; they can go from goth to bombshell to librarian, whatever.

Michael Bastian

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With songs one invents a world that wouldn't exist otherwise. And in that world you can be more than you actually are.

Sophie Hunger

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I saw Dolly Parton play at the Glastonbury Festival to about 120,000 people. It was an ocean of human beings. I was a mile away from the stage, and I swear to God, I could feel her energy.

Sturgill Simpson

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I hate how things must be classified. How this is applied to musicians implies that they somehow contrive their products and have studied the demographics of the audience.

Trevor Rabin

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During one new moon at perigee, I stood on high ground, watching salt ponds overflow, cover the beach, and meet the ocean. Because the moon was invisible, the water was black as it drowned the sand, and the event felt primal - which in fact it was, because it was nature.

Luanne Rice

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I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?

Drew Barrymore

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Hollywood is a very inspiring place.

Donatella Versace

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