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Nadine Gordimer Quotes

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.

Nadine Gordimer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: south african
Birth: November 20, 1923

Topics

Power I Am Innocence Side Something

Don't try to tell Namath's people on First Avenue about Babe Ruth, because they don't even know the name. In fact, with the young, you can forget all of baseball. The sport is gone. But if you ever have seen Ruth, and then you see Namath, you know there is very little difference.

Baseball People Name You Know Young

Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music.

Music Out Hang Just Would Guys

At this very moment I'm behind on a compilation that Slave Labor is doing for Free Comic Book Day.

Moment Day Book Free Doing Labor

I think I'm a better doctor than I am a husband. I give myself a good grade as a doctor, then the next best grade as a father, and the worst grade as a husband.

Good Father Myself Best I Am Doctor

A true capitalist doesn't have a job, because other people and other people's money work for them.

Robert Kiyosaki

Work Money Job People True Because

In my college years, I would retreat to our summer house for two weeks in June to read a novel a day. How exciting it was, after pouring my coffee and making myself comfortable on the porch, to open the next book on the roster, read the first sentences, and find myself on the platform of a train station.

Myself Coffee Day College Book Find

My mother raised me in the church. I was not allowed to stay home on Sunday; there was no option. I sang in the choir all the way up until I went to college.

Mother Home College Me Church Way

I like a lot of international people. Julie Taymore, the American director - she's one of the most exciting directors I've seen.

People American She Director Seen

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Disappointment Suspense Worse Than

I learnt how to hunt rattlesnakes with an eagle for 'Serena.'

Eagle Hunt How Learnt

I don't care if you're Christian, you're Muslim, you're gay, you're straight - I am here to fight for your equality. Because I believe that we are all born equal, but we are not treated equally, and that is why we must fight.

Fight I Am Equality Believe Care

'21' was the place, and you went down, and they opened the door. They had a little slit they'd look through, and then you'd murmur the password or whatever it was you had, showed a little ticket, and if they remembered who you were, you went in.

Door You Look Down Place Whatever

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