Isobelle Carmody Quotes

If you look at the body of any writers' work, you can figure out the questions that animate them. I think that is what real writers do. They don't tell people how to live or what to think. They write in order to try to answer their own deepest questions.

Isobelle Carmody

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When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United States had barely emerged from the Revolutionary period.

John Moody

RiverConstructionRailroadFirst

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

John Henry Newman

LifeChangeLivePerfectChanged

There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship to painting and that was attitudes like tortured, struggle, pain.

Robert Rauschenberg

RelationshipMyselfStrugglePain

I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is the very essence of poetry.

Robert Morgan

PoetryThinkYouYoungTeachTaught

More must be done in concrete terms in order to promote the cause of disarmament.

Alva Myrdal

DoneMoreConcreteOrderMustCause

I want the public to know the truth, not every condition affecting the heart comes from a blockage.

Robert Atkins

TruthHeartKnowWantEveryPublic

Google's competitors argue that Google designs its search display to promote Google 'products' like Google Maps, Google Places, and Google Shopping, ahead of competitors like MapQuest, Yelp, and product-search sites.

Marvin Ammori

ShoppingSearchAheadPlacesGoogle

I just got my phone back yesterday. My mom had it for two days. I was supposed to read a book and I really wanted to play Call Of Duty.

Chloe Grace Moretz

MomBookBackPhoneYesterdayPlay

I loved Katrina and the Waves.

Bonnie Tyler

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Writing a novel about World War II and the French Resistance was a challenge both sobering and thrilling.

Bobbie Ann Mason

ChallengeWarWritingWorldNovel

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

StrengthHeartPureBecauseTen

People constantly make pop-culture references. That's why it's called popular culture, because people are aware of it and reference it constantly.

Seth Rogen

CulturePeopleWhyBecauseAware

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