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Henry James Quotes

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: April 15, 1843 - February 28, 1916

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Fate Fighting American Europe Being

'Vanity Fair' caught me at a very exciting time in my life filled with night clubs, international fashion shows, celebrities and lots of cash to go around. Sometimes things just fall into place. 'Vanity Fair' was one of those things.

Life Time Me Night Fashion My Life

Running a marathon is something I've always wanted to do.

Marathon Always Something Wanted

It was the late '70s when my parents met. My dad was a lighting director for a soap opera, and my mom was a temp at the studio. They moved into a house in The Valley in L.A., to a neighborhood that was leafy and affordable.

Parents Mom House Late Director

I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep.

Fall Watching Scared Show TV Show

What I'm trying to do is just sing what comes to my body in the context of the song. And if you go by the emotion of the song, it's almost like stepping into a city. Cities have certain customs and rules and laws you can break, and that's what I was doing.

City Song Doing You Body Rules

If you're going to write, then write a novel with a Haitian woman in it and try and describe her accurately. When you can do that, you can write about people.

Woman People You Try Write Going

I grew up very heavily involved in a United Methodist Youth organization. I grew up going to church camp for years. I ministered, and country music stole me away. It was just where my heart wound up. It's what I wanted to do.

Music Heart Me Youth Organization

People don't appreciate their intestines until something goes wrong. But I always hope that people gain a little appreciation for their guts.

Hope Appreciation People Appreciate

I have to put my career first.

Career First Put

What I responded to, on the page, was the way a poem could liberate, by means of a word's setting, through subtleties of timing, of pacing, that word's full and surprising range of meaning. It seemed to me that simple language best suited this enterprise.

Best Simple Me Language Meaning Way

Cancer is tough. It is a relentless opponent that won't seem to go away.

Tough Go Relentless Opponent Seem

I work with kids, and I see certain things, so I realize now why my mother was so horrified and overprotective of everything that I watched.

Work Mother Now Why Everything See

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