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Edwidge Danticat Quotes

I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind.

Edwidge Danticat

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Future Daily Wind Think Country

I've done every tour with them since then and will always be with them as long as they're together.

Jimmy Carl Black

Together Long Done Will Always Tour

Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn't trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity.

Life Good Good Old Days Poverty Old

My father was a professor of folklore, and my mother was a teacher until she was married. I had a good relationship with them, and the only argument we had was when I went to university and wanted to go into the theater instead of studying to be a lawyer.

Good Father Mother Relationship Go

When we talk about the things at Airbnb that are challenging and that they are going to have to overcome, the parallels with eBay are across the board. It's community management. It's making sure the marketplace is in balance - the right amount of buyers and sellers.

Community Balance Management Talk

I never have really become accustomed to the 'John.' Nobody ever really calls me John... I've always been Duke or Marion or John Wayne. It's a name that goes well together, and it's like one word - John Wayne.

Together Me Name Nobody Become Well

On set, there's a lot of pressure. But it sort of heightens the moments.

Pressure Moments Set Sort Lot

I felt that my decisions, whether good or bad, would always be supported by my parents, because I was loved and respected.

Good Parents Loved Decisions Bad

Even when I was young, I had a reputation for it. I would play with my friends outside, and I was doing all the things you see now a long time ago. I've always done the flip-flap, even when I was young. Stepovers, dummies - I love to dribble. If you speak with my friends, they will say I'm the same Riyad.

Love Time Reputation Speak Doing

I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered.

Martina Navratilova

Hope People Think Stop Will Somehow

I'm always trying to, using literature, subvert people's responses.

Luis Alberto Urrea

People Literature Trying Always

The system did not want me to make 'Go.' And I sort of stood up to the system and made the movie I wanted to make, and the fact that I did that and I'm proud of the movie means I'm really proud of myself when I look back on that.

Myself Me Proud Look Back Want

I have respect for Senator McCain. I used to like him a lot. I supported him. I raised a lot of money for his campaign against President Obama.

Respect Money President Him Against

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