Sandra Day O'Connor Quotes

You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no idea that they can make things happen.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 26, 1930

Topics

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I've always used Southern rappers in epigraphs for my novels. For 'Sing, Unburied, Sing,' I wanted to use Big K.R.I.T. - because I have so much respect for the lyrical depth of their music.

Jesmyn Ward

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All novels must be autobiographical because I am the only material that I know. All of the characters are me. But at the same time, a novel is never autobiographical even if it describes the life of the author. Literary writing is a completely different medium.

John Banville

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I'm not interested in hiding from the fact that my parents are actors. I'm proud of them! It's very ordinary to pursue a career that your parents do, but when it's in the public eye, it becomes a complicated thing.

Maya Hawke

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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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'Piper's Pit' was totally unscripted - everything just happened - thus, innovation was a challenging must to accomplish.

Roddy Piper

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Everything happens for a reason, so you shouldn't get wound up.

Mo Farah

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I have ideas every day, and if I'm not carrying a pad of paper, I'm typing it into the notes thing on my iPhone, and it's just ridiculous - idle hands are the devil's plaything, and I can't be the devil's plaything. I got to be the devil; I got to be the guy making it all happen.

Corey Taylor

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You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.

Anouk Aimee

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I grew up sort of a geeky, tall kid, and I think I was always the one trying to make my friends laugh.

Sutton Foster

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If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

Thomas Sowell

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Vampires are pretty frightening. Knowing they can 'glamor' you is pretty weird. And you shake hands or hug them and they're cold. I wouldn't like that.

Todd Lowe

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Success, I've come to realise, is fleeting so you shouldn't value it too much.

Marina and the Diamonds

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