Laura van den Berg Quotes

If we can think of a place, the physicality of a place, as a kind of 'material,' I would say the landscape of Florida in particular was especially important while writing 'Isle.'

Laura van den Berg

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The contribution of West African languages to Ebonics is absolutely infinitesimal. What it actually is is a very interesting hybrid of regional dialects of Great Britain that slaves in America were exposed to because they often worked alongside the indentured servants who spoke those dialects that we often learn about in school.

John McWhorter

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As an alcoholic, you have no appreciation for your wife or your children's feelings, but I'm making up for that now. I'm winning my children's trust back.

Maurice Gibb

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I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons parents try to instill in their sons and daughters.

John Ratzenberger

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I've learned not to attach personal feelings to critics who review your work. It's their opinions, their perceptions - it's a very subjective thing, and you can be hurt.

Steven Bauer

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Skateboarding has given me everything I have and created who I am.

Rob Dyrdek

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I have always been free with my love - it is my nature. I am easily captivated by men and they have always been attracted to me.

Christine Keeler

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I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.

Bonnie Raitt

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I'm drawn to almost any piece of writing with the words 'divine love' and 'impeachment' in the first sentence. But I know the word 'divine' makes many progressive people run screaming for their cute little lives, and so one hesitates to use it.

Anne Lamott

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I love 'Robot Chicken,' 'The Boondocks' and 'America's Funniest Home Videos.' Then there's this show called 'The First 48.' It's a documentary about killings where they try and find murderers. They interrogate people and they tell on each other - it's hilarious.

ASAP Rocky

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Let no one challenge India's secularism.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career.

Placido Domingo

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I really respond to human scripts, scripts that are raw and real and risky. I love playing scary characters - not horror film scary, but vulnerable scary.

Shailene Woodley

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