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Nell Zink Quotes

I was always a bit concerned about purity of essence. I never wanted a job that might affect the way I wrote or thought.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1964

Topics

Job Thought Way Never Always Purity

When I was working on my first novel, 'The Quilter's Apprentice,' I knew I wanted to write about friendship, especially women's friendship and how women use friendship to sustain themselves and nurture each other.

Jennifer Chiaverini

Friendship Women Write First Nurture

My father was invited to play on a television show when I was 17 or 18 that was an early equivalent of educational television, a Sunday afternoon kind of variety art show.

Father Art Early Television Play

I have used Twitter for so many things, from places to stay, places to go, things to do, things I need, medical advice, you name it. Especially when I'm on tour, it really feels like I'm being taken care of by half a million people. It is like having a mom.

Medical People Mom Care Name Advice

In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather.

Birds Feather Many Ways Sharon

If the Wright Brothers were alive today, Orville would have to lay off Wilbur.

Robert Crandall

Today Alive Off Would Brothers Were

You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others.

Love Good Compassion You Genuine

I was a weed. Such a skinny little weed. I just couldn't put on weight; I couldn't put on muscle. I was the oddest shape. And I thought that was it: that's how I'd look for the rest of my life. And I'd beat myself up about it so much. But you change an awful lot. You're 16. Your body's not even halfway to what it'll end up being.

Life Change Myself Rest Thought End

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Time Years Measured Passing Does

I'm challenged by people like Russell Crowe and Sean Penn who come in with such incredible discipline and power.

Power Discipline People Incredible

My mother thinks I am the best. And I was raised to always believe what my mother tells me.

Mother Best I Am Me Mom Believe

New vaccines are being developed all the time, which could save many more lives and dramatically improve people's health. And this goes beyond the traditional burden of childhood infectious diseases.

Health Time Childhood People Burden

The economy is terrible it's been terrible for years now, and the reason it's bad is not because of a debt-ceiling vote. The reason it's bad is because we have people who believe that by making government bigger by keeping people on unemployment checks and on welfare we're going to dig us out of this mess.

Government People Believe Bad Vote

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