Margaret Atwood Quotes

Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy - which many believe goes hand in hand with it - will be dead as well.

Margaret Atwood

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PracticeDemocracyWritingReading

I'm not perfect, but I do my best.

Jessie James Decker

BestNot PerfectPerfect

I've never been in New York for the whole time of Fashion Week.

Jessica Chastain

TimeNew YorkFashionWeekNewBeen

The true essence of fashion is being able to reinvent yourself with what you have.

Melanie Fiona

YourselfFashionYouTrueReinvent

I'm afraid of buying a house or anything, 'cause if there's one paparazzi outside for one day, then they'll never leave.

Robert Pattinson

DayHouseOne DayNeverOutside

To a certain extent, people's behavior in a campaign is generally a reflection of how they would act in office.

John Hickenlooper

ReflectionPeopleBehaviorOffice

The second we see somebody on the street or meet someone, we make snap judgments about them, about who they are and why we wouldn't necessarily sit with them or why we would or what's cool or not cool.

Max Cannon

CoolSomeoneStreetMeetWhySee

I think that is just a limitation of any questionnaire - that we apply a frame of reference or standard. It's a well-known finding in psychology that when people are total beginners at a skill, they tend to overrate their skill level. They don't know what they don't know. The more expert you are, the more critical you become.

Angela Duckworth

PeopleThinkFindingYouSkillKnow

The easiest thing that is done, unfortunately, in Washington is to spend money today and send the bill to our children and grandchildren.

Jeb Hensarling

TodayChildrenMoneyGrandchildren

Burberry makes the best version of the traditional trench coat, which can have a zipper and button-in lining for colder climes. The belt, which comes standard, should never be buckled but must be casually knotted at the waist.

Roger Stone

BestNeverCoatMustTrenchZipper

That's the potential power of a single voice - a neighbor's, a teacher's, a parent's, a friend's. It can change you, make you feel as if you have a place in the world.

Doug Stanton

ChangeFriendPowerTeacherWorld

What I'm doing in the work I do, I prefer not to just have a series of jokes. It's nice when audiences can connect with the characters as well.

Christopher Guest

WorkDoingNiceJokesConnectWell

My father passed away a few days before my election. This man, an African American born to a poor single mother in 1936 in the South, would worry in the last years of his life that he had better life chances when he was growing up than a young man born in the same circumstances would have today.

Cory Booker

LifeFatherMotherTodayManBetter

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