Edwidge Danticat Quotes

Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy.

Edwidge Danticat

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: haitian
  • Birth: January 19, 1969

Topics

FriendsSomeoneYouSaidOverSee

I was at this fancy school, and I felt out of place, so I rebelled.

Jimmy John Liautaud

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Foreknowledge is a wonderful thing.

Andra Day

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'Twin Peaks' is like a movie; 'China Beach' is like a movie. These are two of the most cinematic shows on television, and they belong together.

Robert Picardo

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I got so I was really just sick of sculpture.

Robert Rauschenberg

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I thought the message of the artist was more important than the writing style. I tried to be clear; I wanted everyone to be welcome. I think some of the more serious writers wrote to a more elite audience than that. They're the ones who were defining the seriousness of rock n' roll.

Robert Hilburn

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I write in reverse: Rather than come up with a narrative and write jokes for that narrative, I write jokes independently of the narrative, then I try to fit them in.

Jeff Kinney

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The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.

Sophia Loren

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My goal is to feel healthy.

Tom Reed

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Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked.

Robert Browning

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My work means everything to me.

Robin Gibb

WorkMeEverythingMeans

What we call politics now and what most political writers write about is the empathy and the bonding and the word choice and the horse rights, and it has nothing to do with what's really happening to people's lives.

Molly Ivins

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All my friends are girls. I just prefer the company of women.

Louise Nurding

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