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Junot Diaz Quotes

I wring my hands because I know that as a dude, my privilege, my long-term deficiencies work against me in writing women, no matter how hard I try and how talented I am.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Work Women I Am Me Writing Hands

Without the ball, you can't win.

Johan Cruyff

Win You Ball Without

I don't like when an Asian-American actor says, 'I'm entering this business to change Hollywood.' It feels like the wrong reason - I would prefer they entered the business for artistic reasons, because they need to do it.

John Cho

Change Business Wrong Hollywood Need

I feel intimidated by fashion.

Megan Fox

Fashion Feel I Feel Intimidated

When I grew up as a kid, we didn't know there were any other planets outside of our own solar system. It was widely speculated that planet formation was an incredibly rare event and that it's possible that other planets just don't exist in our galaxy, and it's just this special situation where we happen to have planets around our sun.

John M. Grunsfeld

Sun Situation Know Possible Galaxy

In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of fact whether x understands y; and so on.

John Searle

Decision Simple Matter Fact Many

It's one thing to recognize that the gap between the rich and everybody else is growing like a cancer; it's another thing to come up with useful solutions.

Molly Ivins

Rich Growing Up Cancer One Thing

A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself.

Joseph Pulitzer

Time People Will Cynical Press Base

Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do then with these things that serve one function once or twice in a lifetime, and the rest of the time are just in the way?

Jonathan Carroll

Women Time Men Rest Complaining Way

I simply went down there to catch up with an old mate of mine, who owns the place. He's the one who wrote the book on the place, but no, no movie, just a beer.

Bryan Brown

Beer Book Down Place Old Up

Young people like things that are fresh and new. If something does seem fatigued, or derivative, they're going to let you know.

Wyck Godfrey

People You New Know Young Fresh

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

William Godwin

Education Reading Reach Everything

Insurance companies want to make sure that you stay on your medicine.

Rick Smolan

Medicine Insurance You Want Stay