Eleanor Holmes Norton Quotes

I am not among those who engage in nostalgia, because I think that locks you into a moment in time without thinking about where you are, what needs to be done now.

Eleanor Holmes Norton

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When I was writing my first novel, 'Where the Line Bleeds,' which had young black men as its main characters, I was very invested in telling the story and also very worried about the effects the story would have.

Jesmyn Ward

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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

Anatole France

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I have one anecdote about the FBI breaking into an embassy in Washington, and under Hoover, they had this sort of ruse whereby they didn't want to recommend a break-in that might be a big flap and cause all kinds of problems.

Ronald Kessler

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If you are having trouble with a story, it may not be an issue with the quality of the writing - there may just be too much of it.

Michael Winter

QualityWritingStoryYouToo Much

The Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated media outlets in Egypt tried to sour the ties between our two countries, but our ties are very strong. No negative stance has been taken by either side against the other. Rumors are being spread by the enemies of our two countries. We pay no attention to them.

Mohammad bin Salman

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Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing, They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.

Louis Kronenberger

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Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out.

Jay-Z

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I stress the uniqueness of the Australian landscape and its metaphysical and mythic content.

Arthur Boyd

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The worlds in which man is evolving as he treads the circle of births and deaths are three: the physical world, the astral or intermediate world, the mental or heavenly world.

Annie Besant

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Mapping, both literal and metaphorical, has always been about our quest for knowing.

Priyamvada Natarajan

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While in college, I used to get my ideas from photographs in 'National Geographic.' I started painting palm trees and motorboats.

Peter Saul

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I believe that anything in this world is fair game for a creative exercise.

Peter Berg

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