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Jamaica Kincaid Quotes

You know how some people write every day at a certain point? I'm not like that. I carry something around for a long time. I weigh the words and the sentences. I weigh the paragraphs. The process is much more meditative for me.

Jamaica Kincaid

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Time Day Words People Me Process

I never dwell on what happened. You can't change it. Move forward. Don't waste your energy on being angry at something that somebody did six months ago or a year ago. It's over. Done. Move forward.

Joan Rivers

Change Angry Energy Forward Year

Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is always in the hope of those injustices being somewhat corrected and a little more justice established.

John Berger

Hope Justice Anger Injustice More

In my experience, if people don't have a sense of humor, they are usually not very good scientists, either.

Andre Geim

Good Humor Experience People Sense

It wasn't until my teenage years that a book really left a mark, and that was George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four.' It was on the syllabus at school when I was about 16, and I went on to read more of his books. It was the height of the Cold War, so a lot of the messages really resonated at the time.

John Niven

Time School War Book Cold Height

In 'Taxi,' I kept doing the same scene for three years. I was underused.

Jeff Conaway

Doing Three Same Years Taxi Scene

If you had a face like mine, you'd punch me right on the nose, and I'm just the fella to do it.

Stan Laurel

Me Face You Right Nose Punch

A great gimmick is a great gimmick, but on a dud, it just doesn't work. It comes down to talent.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Work Great Talent Down Just Gimmick

I don't want to ever be categorized. I want to be able to hit every genre.

Ski Mask the Slump God

Want Able Genre Hit Every Ever

Nobody wants to be seen with a bigot.

Tucker Carlson

Nobody Seen Wants Bigot

The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that.

Tom Ford

Leader World Lost Moral Used

People own their own bodies and have the absolute right to put anything they want into it.

Roger Ver

People Want Right Anything Own Put

Looking beyond the emerging markets, it is important not to lose sight of the growth opportunities that exist in the developed regions.

Louis R. Chenevert

Growth Looking Opportunities Lose