Aimee Bender Quotes

Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language.

Aimee Bender

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I am the Democratic Party's candidate for president who happens also to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my church on public matters - and the church does not speak for me.

John F. Kennedy

I AmMeSpeakChurchPartyMatters

I happened to be one of those guys who doesn't play much golf.

John McEnroe

GolfPlayWhoHappenedMuchGuys

Exacerbating the problem of mass incarceration is that, even after someone is released from prison, the stigma of a misdemeanor or felony conviction makes finding gainful employment difficult, if not impossible.

Stan Van Gundy

ImpossiblePrisonSomeoneProblem

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.

Roy L. Smith

HeartTreeFindChristmasNeverWho

I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.

Julia Leigh

WorkWritingStoryThinkYouRight

Anyone who works in the arts knows, if you're writing a novel or a play or anything, you have to be ready for someone to say, 'Your time is up.'

Colm Toibin

TimeWritingSomeoneYouReadyPlay

I was never an A student, but I was really well behaved until I was 13 or so.

Colin Farrell

StudentNeverWellReallyUntil

Elvis Presley's music never meant anything to me. Mambo was the music I loved - it spoke to me.

Arne Glimcher

MusicMeLovedNeverAnythingMeant

Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more.

William Wordsworth

ThinkingLivingMoreHighAdore

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Plato

WisdomCunningLowMimic

I voted against H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017. This bill would require states to accept the concealed carry requirements of all other states - even those that have significantly lower standards or no standards at all.

Seth Moulton

AcceptStandardsActCarryAgainst

The Metropolitan Museum has all of our collections online, all our scholarly publications and catalogues since 1965. We have online features like the timeline of art history.

Thomas P. Campbell

HistoryArtMuseumTimelineLike

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