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Pamela Druckerman Quotes

I've been vacationing in western North Carolina and northern Georgia since I was a kid. I arrive, marvel at the mountains, and put on an unconvincing Southern drawl.

Pamela Druckerman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american

Topics

Mountains Kid Georgia Southern Been

I became aesthetically obsessed with language. And 'literary artist' - poet and novelist - is a calling. You are called to it the way preachers are called to preaching the gospel.

Jim Harrison

Language You Artist Way Poet Gospel

It is no less the duty of the minority than a majority to endeavour to defend the country.

John C. Calhoun

Country Duty Defend Minority Than

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life Character Talent Quiet Places

Part of being in a band is getting better.

Michael Bacon

Better Getting Better Band Being

I can use movie as a language. Not only could it send a good message, I could let people know about my thinking and how I see the world, how I see the colour, how I see the music, how I see everything.

John Woo

Good Music People World Thinking

Rock n' roll is our religion, and we will continue to lose disciples as we go, but we pick up the fallen flag and keep moving forward, bringing forth the good news that our heroes have helped create, their bodies lost, but their spirits and their good work everlasting.

Steven Van Zandt

Work Good Religion Moving Forward

The advantage of knowing about risks is that we can change our behavior to avoid them. Of course, it is easily observed that to avoid all risks would be impossible; it might entail no flying, no driving, no walking, eating and drinking only healthy foods, and never being touched by sunshine. Even a bath could be dangerous.

Robert F. Engle

Change Sunshine Risks Eating Flying

The first person to blow up my fashion consciousness was a 14-year-old girl named Sandrine. She was the most beautiful human I had ever seen.

Mary Gaitskill

Girl Beautiful Fashion Person She

It's not just a matter of poor willpower on the part of the consumer and a give-the-people-what-they-want attitude on the part of the food manufacturers. What I found, over four years of research and reporting, was a conscious effort... to get people hooked on foods that are convenient and inexpensive.

Michael Moss

Attitude Food Effort People Research

I think there's that widespread sentiment that game developers need to be quiet unless they're talking on-message. I think that's changing a little bit; Twitter has helped, with developers sharing personal opinions on things.

Jason Schreier

Game Think Talking Opinions Quiet

The person you're playing must have feelings, but if he's not able to show them, then just the subtlest rumblings and nuances can say an incredible amount.

Jared Harris

You Feelings Person Say Playing

I never want anyone to have a bad evening because I caused it.

Doug Morris

Evening Bad Want Never Because