Jamaica Kincaid Quotes

I have no credentials. I have no money. I literally come from a poor place. I was a servant. I dropped out of college. The next thing you know I'm writing for the 'New Yorker,' I have this sort of life, and it must seem annoying to people.

Jamaica Kincaid

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
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  • Birth: May 25, 1949

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Tester voted for President Obama's nominations of Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan but opposed President Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch. That's not representing our Montana values.

Matt Rosendale

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A film ingeniously directed does indeed give the impression of having been laid end to end, but a film ingeniously edited gives the impression of having suppressed all direction.

Jean-Luc Godard

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Obviously, Jay-Z is one of the greatest entertainers of the world today. Not only is he a remarkable rhetorical genius, he's also a man of deep sympathy and empathy for those who are lost and vulnerable, but especially under-educated youth of all cultures and stripes.

Michael Eric Dyson

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At Tottenham Hotspur, we can share the pressure, but on the South Korea team, some of the players have more pressure than others.

Son Heung-min

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The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law.

Sonia Sotomayor

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Just in general, no matter what you're doing, be true to yourself. Never let anyone else dictate how you live your life.

Rumer Willis

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Being part of 'Game of Thrones,' you're always expecting your character to die. You're not mentally preparing yourself for a very long haul.

Michiel Huisman

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Yoga's an amazing release.

Monica Keena

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I don't see how a young American can vote for, well, can vote for a Democrat.

Mitt Romney

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If you know how to shoot a scene, then you know how to shoot an action scene. If you've seen an action movie, and you watched it, and you paid attention to how scenes are constructed and where the camera is and how the camera moves, then you know how to do it.

Jonathan Levine

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The two hours onstage is great. But I can only play a show and then take a night off. I have to sing for two hours, and then I've gotta rest it for a night. So it's the other 46 hours that are just boring as heck.

Bob Seger

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How little do we discover in comparison of those things which now are and forever will be hidden from our sight? The whole of which I am fully persuaded no one will ever be able to dive into, and to explain their causes and effects.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

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