Ben Fountain Quotes

My first visit to Haiti was in May 1991, four months into the initial term of Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. At the time, it seemed that Haiti was on the cusp of a new era.

Ben Fountain

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TimeNewPresidentFirstHaitiMay

I don't necessarily think of myself as a feminist, but I'm a whole person.

Jill Scott

MyselfThinkPersonWholeFeminist

I love making YouTube videos. I love Tumblr, I love Twitter. I love talking with people I find interesting about stuff I find interesting, and the Internet is a great way to do that.

John Green

LoveGreatPeopleInterestingFind

I think people should be protected from being made to feel that they want to know what somebody famous had for breakfast.

John Hurt

PeopleBreakfastThinkFamousFeel

When I went home at 20 to tell my parents, 'I don't want to be an engineer, I want to try and write books,' I was braced for, 'That's not gonna happen.' But I didn't get that response, and maybe it was because of my dad's experience of having an artistic dream and having to put it aside.

Michael Connelly

HomeExperienceParentsDreamWant

Thousands across America are glued to their web cast to hear this. And actually, I've never met one human being who said that they had seen one of those.

Spencer Abraham

AmericaSaidNeverHumanHuman Being

I slice up a ton of cucumbers, celery, carrots and red and yellow peppers. Keep them in your fridge so you always have something handy to curb your snack attack.

Summer Sanders

RedYellowYouSnackAlwaysUp

It's so hard for women in this business. And I want to be doing this when I'm 50.

Sienna Miller

WomenBusinessDoingWantHard

A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.

Simon Sinek

WorkLeaderJobHelp OthersSucceed

Our inexorable destiny is to be a great nation.

Michel Temer

GreatDestinyNationGreat Nation

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.

Mikhail Bakunin

MenEqualityViewPoint Of ViewTwo

I don't think it's realistic to say kids shouldn't watch any TV. I just wish the shows would be better. And that kids would watch less. Get out there and do things, kids! Don't become couch potatoes!

Judy Blume

ThinkBetterWishSayBecomeOut

I had no desire to get up onstage and tell jokes. I prefer to stand next to really funny people.

Jon Hamm

FunnyPeopleStandDesireJokesUp

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