Edwidge Danticat Quotes

I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when It's at its extreme. And that's what they end up knowing about it.

Edwidge Danticat

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleThinkEndPlaceWantKnowing

Not one has ever left my team to go join a gang.

Jesse White

TeamGoGangLeftJoinEver

A good mustache makes a man for many reasons.

John Oates

GoodManMustacheReasonsMany

People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes.

Mian Muhammad Mansha

PeopleMeMoreTaxesPayIncome

The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together.

Tracy Chapman

LifeTogetherMeMy LifeSomething

I was raised middle-class in a small town. I have all my same friends from high school. I'm close with my family. I'm dating a normal girl. So I want to feel people think I'm a man of the people. Because I feel that way.

Miles Teller

FamilyGirlManDatingSchoolSmall

The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.

Logan Pearsall Smith

LoveTestVocationDrudgeryInvolves

My parents said that I was nine months old and would throw myself out of the crib onto the floor continually. As soon as they left the room after putting me back in they'd hear a big bump and I'd be on the floor again.

Johnny Knoxville

MyselfParentsMeBackSaidOut

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

Chris Isaak

TimeYouTalkSoundOwnStuff

In many ways, we all have extraordinary circumstances thrust upon us in life, and it's up to us to do the best with them.

Box Brown

LifeBestCircumstancesExtraordinary

Money's important, but it isn't a motivator for me.

Bruce Rauner

MoneyMeImportantMotivator

I don't want preconceptions. I want to learn as much as possible.

Pep Guardiola

LearnWantPossibleMuch

My first mission is to take care of our troops. I take that mission very personally.

Tim Walz

CareTake CareMissionFirstTake

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