Patricia Reilly Giff Quotes

All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.

Patricia Reilly Giff

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FamilySchoolMePersonalWayTell

I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court.

John Ashcroft

PlayJustCourtAnymoreFull

I feel my role is to push boundaries. I don't like things to be safe and sedentary. So controversy is the cross I have to bear.

Jeremy Scott

FeelPushBearBoundariesSafeRole

Although I have never worked in a community bank, I have been a customer, and I know from personal experience the special skills that these institutions bring to their customers.

Jerome Powell

CommunityExperienceCustomerKnow

Give me good writing, and I'll play it all day.

Jeff Daniels

GoodDayMeWritingPlayGive Me

That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black, and a woman proves, I would think, that our society is not yet either just or free.

Shirley Chisholm

WomanI AmSocietyFreeBlackThink

There are so many ridiculous arguments that MMA is somehow anti-woman.

Ronda Rousey

RidiculousMMAManySomehow

I'm not a big AA guy, but I'll go every once in a while. They do tell you that going out and helping other people really helps you a lot. It seems like a simple thing to say, but it's really true.

Jason Isbell

SimplePeopleYouGoSayTrue

Because civilizations are finite, in the life of each of them there comes a moment when the center ceases to hold. What keeps them at such times from disintegration is not legions but language.

Joseph Brodsky

LifeMomentLanguageHoldCenter

It's been so long since a talented writer last occupied the White House; no wonder, then, that American writers have been among the most prominent of all the demographic groups claiming a piece of Barack Obama for themselves.

Jonathan Raban

AmericanLongHouseWhiteWonder

Any actor that's like, 'I hate the fact that I'm getting all of this attention,' is a liar. Especially when it's from the opposite sex.

Donald Faison

HateLiarAttentionSexActorLike

Jews, when they get successful, they will help their people.

Donald Sterling

PeopleHelpWillSuccessfulGet

And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.

Brian De Palma

FunSexyDangerousMoviesAlways

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