Grace Paley Quotes

I don't believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person's senses.

Grace Paley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 11, 1922 - August 22, 2007

Topics

BelievePersonCivilizationMoreLot

I live in Manhattan but travel all around the world; I moved to Paris when I was 16; I lived in London twice. It's kind of like, if I want to move somewhere, I don't have anything holding me back. I don't have children. If I wanna live in a certain place, I'll go. But I've lived everywhere, and I prefer New York to everything.

Jessica White

LiveChildrenTravelNew YorkWorld

I actually prepared Vice President Biden for his debate in the last election. I played Sarah Palin. It's a little tough debating a woman.

Jennifer Granholm

WomanToughDebateElectionVice

Dropbox sweats the user experience details as commendably as it masters the considerable engineering challenges required to reliably sync files everywhere a user may need them.

Jeffrey Zeldman

ExperienceChallengesDetailsNeed

When I was younger, I was so crazy about poetry that I didn't notice who was noticing. It seemed to me so tremendous and large.

Robert Hass

PoetryMeCrazyWhoNoticeNoticing

It's funny, people don't think of 'Cloverfield' as being restrained because it's a handycam movie, but the only reason it's a handycam movie is because that was supposed to be the reality of the situation.

Matt Reeves

FunnyPeopleThinkRealitySituation

I'm a rapper trying to be an actor.

Method Man

TryingActorRapper

When a nanotech company matures and becomes a real business, it becomes something else. It becomes a biotech company or a cleantech company or a memory chip company. Nanotechnology has fueled the core innovations in electronics and energy.

Steve Jurvetson

BusinessMemoryEnergyCompanyReal

After Richmond, we went to Dover and tested that week at Kentucky. I was going to Dover and we had to get the trainer to meet us at the airport. I had to do some therapy on my ribs they hurt so bad.

Sterling Marlin

HurtWeekBadTherapyMeetAirport

I feel that a great coach is one that has a vision, sets a plan in place, has the right people in place to execute that plan and then accepts the responsibility if that plan is not carried out.

Mike Singletary

VisionGreatResponsibilityPeople

I am not promising that God will give you everything you want. There are times when we want things that God knows would not be good for us.

Joyce Meyer

GoodGodI AmYouWantWill

I think my mom and dad knew from the very beginning that I was destined to go into public service.

Janice Hahn

ServiceBeginningMomThinkGoKnew

A profoundly disturbing thing you discover very quickly traveling in Cuba is that the most dangerous person for Cubans isn't the police or even the secret police; it's their neighbor. Anyone can report you for anything 'outside' the revolution - even if you haven't done it yet.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

PoliceRevolutionYouPersonDone

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