Jane Green Quotes

By the time I sat down to write 'Family Pictures,' I hadn't written anything in almost two years, and writing, I have discovered, is a muscle: if it isn't exercised, it will atrophy.

Jane Green

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 31, 1968

Topics

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My mother 'gave teas' the way other mothers breathed. Her own mother 'gave teas.' All of their friends 'gave teas,' each involving butter cookies extruded from a metal press and pastel bonbons ordered from See's.

Joan Didion

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I lived in Saudi Arabia in the late 1970s. It was, for a Westerner, pretty idyllic. There were the religious police; there were the rules; there were the prayer times. But it was as if we were existing in two separate universes. The Westerners were just allowed to get on with their way of life.

Robert Lacey

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I don't harbor any anti-male feeling in my heart.

Ann Wilson

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The chief executive officer is also the chief sales officer. He or she is responsible for the success of the company and making a profit. The closer the CEO is to the everyday selling process, bringing in business, the more successful the company will become.

Jeffrey Gitomer

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People change their positions all the time, the way they change their wives.

Michael Cohen

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Frightening things happen in solitude.

Michael Finkel

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A dream is better than obligation.

Riyad Mahrez

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It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary.

Mary J. Blige

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If you're going to worry about what people say, you're never going to make any progress.

Joseph Murray

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As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life.

Joseph Prince

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I grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, watching the Tony Awards on TV. Not just 'watching' the Tony Awards on TV - I would record them on a VHS tape and bring them in to school and show them to the other kids.

Jonathan Groff

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It will always be important that people continue to push on the system from the outside. It will also be important that people make the changes that we know are necessary on the inside.

DeRay Mckesson

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