Justin Cartwright Quotes

Historians and journalists always have agendas, but if I want to find out what's going on in South Africa, I read Nadine Gordimer or John Coetzee because they offer novelistic truth.

Justin Cartwright

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TruthFindWantAfricaAlwaysOut

My grandmother, who taught me how to cook, didn't know how to read.

Jill Lepore

MeKnowGrandmotherCookWhoRead

As governor, I learned the importance of having an agenda.

John Engler

AgendaImportanceLearnedHaving

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

John Paul Jones

NatureLawWinChanceWillRisk

There are several places in Vietnam where they're teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don't have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program.

Megan Smith

ScienceGenderClassComputer Science

What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.

John McEnroe

QualityWinningChampionYouDesire

We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about.

Sonia Braga

DreamsDarkNobodyBrightSides

I turned down 'Harry Potter' and 'Spider-Man,' two movies that I knew would be phenomenally successful, because I had already made movies like that before and they offered no challenge to me. I don't need my ego to be reminded.

Steven Spielberg

ChallengeMeEgoDownMoviesNeed

I want to be a mom who listens.

Tori Spelling

MomWantWhoListens

When I first read 'On the Road,' it helped me figure out how to live against the grain. Now I wonder how to be subversive when the subversive has become mainstream.

Tony D'Souza

LiveMeRoadWonderNowBecome

Most of the scientific community believes that for the full potential of embryonic stem cell research to be reached, the number of cell lines readily available to scientists must increase.

Ron Kind

CommunityResearchPotentialMust

To see my little brother Chandler outdoing me, it's great; I want to be able to cross-market and feed off his star power.

Jon Jones

PowerGreatBrotherMeWantSee

Muse. Mu-se. It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you. And I don't think it's necessarily a man 'taking' from a woman. It can go both ways, both can stimulate, excite.

Chloe Sevigny

GreatWomanManThinkSomeoneYou

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