Kerry Greenwood Quotes

I got out of difficult situations when many of my classmates didn't because I was smart, and I was lucky, and my parents were amazingly literate and helpful.

Kerry Greenwood

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I wanted to emulate music from America - young punks playing rock n' roll is what it was. I read part of Keith Richards' autobiography, and it was totally parallel with me, learning from American records.

Jimmy Page

LearningMusicMeAmericanAmerica

I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak.

Ann Beattie

ThinkSeriousI ThinkBleak

It is time to move away from advise and obstruct and get back to advise and consent.

Mitch McConnell

TimeBackConsentAwayMoveGet

I feel like movie stars don't have many friends at all. They have acquaintances.

Milla Jovovich

StarsFeelFriendsI Feel LikeLike

I don't think even ungodly people realize what a society would be like that had no godly influence at all.

Joyce Meyer

PeopleInfluenceSocietyThinkWould

When the Heat were put together, there was talk of going undefeated. They didn't get off to a great start, but they found a way to win back-to-back championships.

Jason Kidd

GreatTogetherWinStartWayTalk

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

WorldFirstTwoNobilityMayLast

You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is.

Johnny Vegas

HopePeopleSayingYouAlwaysHalf

The suit does not represent the businessman anymore. Nor does the loud shirt represent the rock star. The same man can now wear both.

Donatella Versace

ManRock StarNowRockSameShirt

My Chicago is beautiful and diverse. It was able to give me all parts of the world all in one.

Clemantine Wamariya

BeautifulMeWorldChicagoGive Me

There was a time when 'universe' meant 'all there is.' Everything. The whole shebang. The notion of more than one universe, more than one everything, would seemingly be a contradiction in terms.

Brian Greene

TimeUniverseMoreEverythingWhole

I always wanted to be a writer, and I did want to be a novelist. In college I took a couple of classes that taught me I would never be a novelist. I discovered I had no imagination. My short stories were always thinly veiled memoir.

Anne Fadiman

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