Junot Diaz Quotes

My greatest responsibility is to acknowledge the mistakes and the shortcomings of the country in which I live, to acknowledge my privileges, and to try to make it a better place.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LiveResponsibilityMistakesBetter

You spend so much time in your profession it ought to be something you love.

John H. Johnson

LoveTimeYouSomethingYourMuch

We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars.

Anatole Broyard

HistoryWarWinIronyTouristsWars

I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you're all supposed to be dead quiet while I sing eight or nine songs, then get off the stage.

Mel Torme

I AmPerformanceYouQuietDeadAct

If you engage people honestly, and you're willing to do the leg work, people will respond to that.

Matt Gonzalez

WorkPeopleYouWillEngageRespond

Well, success does not mean doing well.

Shirley MacLaine

SuccessDoingMeanWellDoes

When we're discussing who to invite to a dinner party, my wife Chaz and I sometimes use the shorthand, 'good value for money,' which indicates guests expected to be entertaining.

Roger Ebert

GoodMoneyWifeValueDinnerParty

I suffered from self hatred so much. It's like I didn't want to look like that any more. I didn't to feel like that any more. It had to be another way.

Mary J. Blige

SelfFeelLookWantWayHatred

Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.

Martina Navratilova

PeopleClothingLabelsFiling

I've not chosen to learn to read print. I can read simple words but it's so tedious.

Mike May

SimpleWordsLearnI CanChosen

I always say that I take my life and turn it into story, and I certainly did that with 'Countdown'.

Deborah Wiles

LifeStoryMy LifeSayAlwaysTurn

I was very, very large as a kid and never athletic, and my home life was a little upside down and I never felt comfortable.

Brad Garrett

LifeHomeUpside DownDownNever

I don't sing in the shower at all, and I don't sing in the shower, either.

Pia Toscano

ShowerSingEither

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