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Jamaica Kincaid Quotes

I like cooking, but I think someone else ought to do the dishes.

Jamaica Kincaid

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Cooking Think Someone Like Dishes

I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.

Home Bible Reading Appetite Taught

Yes, I'm blonde. When I started as an actor, because of the accent and my body and my personality, it was not what the stereotype of the Latina woman in Hollywood is, so they didn't know where to put me. The blond hair wasn't matching. The moment I put my hair dark, it was better for my work.

Work Moment Personality Woman Hair

Whether or not you welcome it, moving house requires you to make choices about the past as you move into the future. What of all of your bits of stuff is truly valued? What should be left behind?

Future Past Welcome Moving Choices

I take much pride in winning. I don't accept losses, so I'm always going after that. The day I lose this fire, I think it's time for us to stop.

Time Day Fire Winning Think Pride

I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic.

Feel Always Movement Mosaic Sort

There's a huge shift in the way we connect with people as humans in the technology age versus right before that, when we still had a little bit of mystery.

Technology Age People Mystery Way

People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.

Day Job Man People Me Better

In Korean, my lyrics are witty and have twists. But translated into English, it doesn't come over. I've tried writing in English, just for me, but it doesn't work. I've got to know everything about a culture, and I don't.

Work Culture Me Writing Know Witty

I often get sent scripts about little men in big situations. There's a comic element to it, which is forces stacked against this little guy, and how is he going to defeat them?

Men Defeat Little Big Against Going

As soon as you 'Botox' your smile lines away, you lose part of your identity.

Smile Identity You Lose Lines Botox

Everyone has their 'Showgirls.' We remember the great films actors have been in, and the rest get forgotten. But occasionally, people like to revisit the ones that get swept aside.

Kyle MacLachlan

Great People Rest Remember Everyone

All the modelling we do shows that the climate is poised on the jump up to a new hot state. It is accelerating so fast that you could say that we are already in it.

You Fast Jump New Say Hot

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