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Terry Tempest Williams Quotes

I grew up in a culture in which it was a sin for a woman to speak out.

Terry Tempest Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: September 8, 1955

Topics

Culture Woman Speak Sin Out Up

At primary school, me and my best friend used to do D.I.Y. assemblies, and we'd do it as many times as we could until we got banned! We used to sing 'Hero' by Mariah Carey; it was, like, my favourite song; we were obsessed with it. We'd do it as a duet, and it's the first I remember performing.

Friend Hero Best School Me Song

I try to keep in touch with the details... I also look at the product daily. That doesn't mean you interfere, but it's important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand what's happening.

Daily Details You Look Understand

I read a lot of research notes about the countries I visit, and my mum and dad bought me a Kindle, but I'm still getting to grips with it. I prefer paper books.

Me Research Paper Notes Books Still

I had wanted to act since I was a kid, but I had a lot of shame attached to it. I didn't tell anyone because I didn't think it was ever a possibility.

Think Shame Kid Tell Act Because

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I was worth as a writer.

Time Myself Job Literature Finding

We have a lot of work to do in New Jersey, but I am darn proud we've brought our state back.

Work I Am Proud Back New Jersey

I think the best fighters are the smart guys. They do what they are good at. They're smart about what they do.

Good Best Smart Think Fighters Guys

I cried most days working on the first draft. The last scenes were the hardest. I had a feeling where I wanted to end - the exact note - but I couldn't see how to get there. Sarah Murphy, my editor, asked the right questions to help me. I think of 'The Bear' as a hopeful book.

Me Book Think End Questions Help

Some novelists want to give people in history a voice because they have been denied it in the past.

History Past People Voice Want Give

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.

Pope John Paul II

Lie More Terrible Worse Than Excuse

I don't think I'm a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart.

Good Heart Think Too Much Act Much

Jesus is the very concrete truth revealing and standing in for the universal truth.

Truth Concrete Standing Universal

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