Grace Paley Quotes

That's the trouble with stories. People start out fantastic. You think they're extraordinary, but it turns out as the work goes along, they're just average with a good education.

Grace Paley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkEducationGoodPeopleStart

'MasterChef' is the search for America's culinary amateur talent, so this is a search for the best home cook in America, and it's our job to figure out who that is.

Joe Bastianich

HomeBestJobTalentSearchAmerica

I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.

John Legend

CrimeAlwaysRapJustCauseFelt

I don't think of faith as something that's like a rock, that never changes. I think it's something that's very fluid, always changing.

Stephen Hough

FaithThinkRockNeverChangesLike

If you look in general at people who live in anarchy, they have quite high rates of death from either homicide or warfare or both. Anarchy is one of the main reasons for violence, and it may be the most important.

Steven Pinker

LiveDeathPeopleViolenceYouLook

Before I even agreed to work with Hennessy and the Privilege Awards, I wanted to do some research on it, look up past winners, and find out more about it.

Troy Carter

WorkPastResearchLookFindAwards

I started like many young Russian people in the beginning of perestroika when it seemed that everything was possible.

Roustam Tariko

BeginningPeopleYoungPossibleLike

Others will always seek to define you based on what they think you represent or who they think you are. But you have to be the one to control what you do and what you say and how you present yourself.

Loretta Lynch

YourselfControlThinkPresentYou

David Ortiz is almost like a superhero. The type of love that he gives and everything, the positivity that's around him - a lot of people admire him and respect him.

Jaylen Brown

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I want the American people to understand that conservatism is an ideology of protecting the people and the people's rights.

Jonathan Krohn

PeopleAmericanWantUnderstand

I never felt I knew it all. I always felt there's something new to learn, something new to do.

Don Shula

LearnNewNeverAlwaysSomething

I do think that exercise is important, not only to keep you in shape but also for your state of mind. However, I am not fanatical about it.

Donatella Versace

I AmMindThinkExerciseYouShape

I think we have a very Disneyfied, sterilized version of what an evil witch is nowadays.

Anya Taylor-Joy

EvilThinkWitchNowadaysI Think

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