Ellen Hopkins Quotes

People inspire me. Everyone is such an individual and has unique stories. I'm a voyeur. I eavesdrop. Sometimes I ask questions. And sometimes people just want to tell me their stories.

Ellen Hopkins

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I love the ambiguous kind of endings. I think, oftentimes, that's what life really is - there's no concrete path for you to take. It's always kind of a jumble of variables. Behind this door could be a beautiful woman, and behind the same door could be a tiger, you know? You don't know.

Joe Carnahan

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As a parent, you want to protect your children, but the fact of racism in this country, of inequality, that is still a lesson my children are going to have to learn. I can't protect my kids from that.

Jesmyn Ward

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WordPress makes it drop-dead easy to start a site. Take my advice and go do it.

John Battelle

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Songs are not on a conveyor belt. I'm not chopping them up and putting them out.

Maxwell

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Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break if ever I put my foot down on that soil, moist, still, with old hurts. I had to face the fear/loathing at its source or it would consume me whole.

Maya Angelou

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Corn is already the most subsidized crop in America, raking in a total of $51 billion in federal handouts between 1995 and 2005 - twice as much as wheat subsidies and four times as much as soybeans. Ethanol itself is propped up by hefty subsidies, including a fifty-one-cent-per-gallon tax allowance for refiners.

Jeff Goodell

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I started wrestling professionally, I did my first television match at 16, but I was wrestling at country fairs and national armories when I was 14.

Jeff Hardy

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The greatest business people I've met are determined to get it right no matter what the cost.

Michael Gerber

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A lot of schools benefit from parents who are first- or second-generation immigrants, who expect the best for their children.

Michael Gove

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The Declaration of Independence pronounced the irrevocable decree of political separation, between the United States and their people on the one part, and the British king, government, and nation on the other.

John Quincy Adams

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I owe it to my children to secure their future.

Amber Frey

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When I did '21 Jump Street,' I felt like I was a part of something great, but on a very large scale. Working with people that genuinely want to make good art or good work or a good film, that's what keeps me going.

Spencer Boldman

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