Gayle Forman Quotes

I think the phrase that resonates from 'Just One Year' is something I sort of live by: 'The truth and its opposite are flip sides of the same coin.'

Gayle Forman

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LiveTruthThinkYearSidesCoin

Writing about carrying the past on your back is a manifestation of my Irishness, because we go on and on and will for another two or three generations.

Jennifer Johnston

PastWritingBackGoThreeWill

Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no other way.

John Drinkwater

CommunicationWordsPoetryWayOther

I think you can go from being not very funny to working really hard for 10 years and figuring out how to make a living on the road, but I don't think you can rise much above that.

Amy Schumer

FunnyRoadThinkYouRiseLiving

As long as you are being true to yourself, you will always find happiness.

Amber Riley

HappinessYourselfLongYouFind

I resolved to try to steer clear of politics. That wasn't easy.

Stanley A. McChrystal

PoliticsEasyTryClearSteer

When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have.

Sugar Ray Leonard

KissPeopleSeeingBackGroundGot

I used to be a dancer.

Sonoya Mizuno

UsedDancer

You've got to make a decision when you write about your life, and I decided I was going to be honest, and some of those things will be embarrassing.

Rita Moreno

LifeDecisionYouWillWriteGoing

I've been fat my whole life and pretended I don't mind. But I do mind. It's really stupid that I've gone on being greedy and fat.

Miriam Margolyes

LifeMindStupidFatGreedyGone

Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people.

Don Herold

PeoplePovertyPoorPoor PeopleMust

When I was 11 years old, my family had to leave East Germany and begin a new life in West Germany overnight. Until my father could get back into his original profession as a government employee, my parents operated a small laundry business in our little town. I became the laundry delivery boy.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

LifeFamilyFatherBusinessParents

I lead a multi-faith life.

Chelsea Clinton

LifeLead

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