Junot Diaz Quotes

'Oscar Wao' for example cohered in a period of terrible distress. All the novels that I wanted to write were not happening.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws.

Jerry Falwell

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We are Jesus Christ's; we belong to him. But even more, we are increasingly him. He moves in and commandeers our hands and feet, requisitions our minds and tongues. We sense his rearranging: debris into the divine, pig's ear into silk purse. He repurposes bad decisions and squalid choices. Little by little, a new image emerges.

Max Lucado

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Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

John Jay Chapman

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All we see is gym, tennis court, and bed.

Ana Ivanovic

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We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.

Stephen Ambrose

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You don't get older, you get better.

Shirley Bassey

BirthdayBetterYouGetOlder

Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.

Simon Cowell

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I'm glad that it was so physical and so isolated.

Toni Collette

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I don't think we have a surplus of fine educators in this country that we can just start dropping them for no reason whatsoever.

Ron White

StartThinkCountryReasonFine

Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the relationship between people and their surroundings is of prime importance.

Michelangelo Antonioni

RelationshipPeopleNowNeverPrime

I thoroughly enjoy a good hot bath. That is my ultimate luxury.

Michelle Yeoh

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You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.

Lou Brock

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