Taiye Selasi Quotes

I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.

Taiye Selasi

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RememberLongI CanPlayAlways

The susceptibility of the average modern to pictorial suggestion enables advertising to exploit his lessened power of judgment.

Johan Huizinga

PowerAdvertisingJudgmentModern

I think blaming the president for high gas prices is like blaming Rudy Giuliani for 9/11.

Jennifer Granholm

ThinkPresidentHighGasLike

A lot of Wynonna is what I wish I could be. I don't like confrontation. I'm pretty polite. But I think she's the side of me that, if I could be free, that's who I'd be.

Melanie Scrofano

MeFreeThinkWishSheI Wish

Let's get one thing straight: No one wants Stafford loan interest rates to increase.

John Kline

LoanInterestGetOne ThingStraight

Patriotism is the secret resource of a successful society.

Michael Ignatieff

PatriotismSocietySecretSuccessful

I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.

Michael Caine

WorkMoneyWaitingTalkingSitHere

When I was a little boy, I didn't know what the Hall of Fame was. I was just playing the game of baseball, and I wanted to be just like my dad.

Roberto Alomar

BaseballGameKnowFameBoyLittle

For me, the path of failure exceeded by far the joys of success. My plight was hopeless.

Dominick Dunne

SuccessFailurePathMeHopeless

A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life.

Deborah Tannen

LifeStarsYourselfSisterYouLike

When I am working, I am working. When I am promoting, I am promoting. The rest of the time, I try to stay under the radar a bit.

Corey Feldman

TimeI AmRestTryStayWorking

I want to earn a reader's capacity to be moved.

Antonya Nelson

WantEarnCapacityReaderMoved

I have huge chunks of time when I'm not working.

Annette Bening

TimeWorkingChunksHuge

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