Edwidge Danticat Quotes

In terms of the idea of long-term occupation - I have been reading a little bit more about this period - and you can see in that occupation are many lessons for the current occupation of Iraq. So we have these connections that go way back that people aren't aware of.

Edwidge Danticat

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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My uncle wrestled in the late '80s to early '90s, and I was too young to see his matches. However, he has always supported me in my journey, and I think that without his support, all this would not have been possible. He taught me a lot, and he is the reason that I'm a WWE wrestler.

Jinder Mahal

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The tar sands has changed Canada in the same way the fur trade has changed Canada.

Andrew Nikiforuk

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You're the luckiest person in the entire world if you know what you really want to do, which I was lucky enough to know when I was very young. And you're the luckiest person in the world if you can then make a living out of it.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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HD is not forgiving. Once you see your face for the first time in a movie cinema, you run straight to the gym.

Sondra Radvanovsky

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Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.

Roger Craig

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I hire a lot of waiters, waitresses. Someone who's successful has a background that's not predictable.

Mickey Drexler

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I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

Liz Carpenter

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Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid.

Jules Feiffer

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You can imagine sitting in a room for three days talking about comic books, eight hours a day. It gets wacky and very nerdy. It also gets contentious at times.

Jason Aaron

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I'm obsessed with books.

David Sylvian

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In 1968, 'Liberty Magazine' had an article about George Wallace in which he stated he would suggest me as a possible vice-presidential candidate, along with other choices such as 'Happy' Chandler and General Curtis LeMay. However, I am not interested in any political office in the United States or anywhere, now or back in 1968.

Colonel Sanders

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If America's Founding Fathers espoused openness to religion, creationism, and the Bible being taught in schools, then it beckons the question, Why don't we?

Chuck Norris

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