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Nadine Gordimer Quotes

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

Nadine Gordimer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life Work Writing Small You Sense

Social Security, for example - I'm 43. I've paid into the system. You know what? That money has been stolen from me. I know that my parents who are on Social Security - they've got to continue to receive it. They're dependent on it. It is their primary source of income.

Money Parents Me You Security Know

Illegal immigration continues to be a major problem in the United States. We have people waiting to come here legally. And we should not be rewarding people who have come here illegally.

Waiting People Immigration Problem

Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.

Life Positive Live Live Life Focus

Consumers desiring a better world have already achieved some successes in this regard, helping to transform several industries from the ground up.

Simon Mainwaring

World Better Ground Up Better World

No taxation without respiration.

Without Taxation Respiration

Passionately defending one's principles is crucial. Representing your district is fundamental. But refusing to entertain the common ground - with no other cost but giving the other guy a political 'win' - is a disservice.

Win Political Giving Principles Cost

Most small-business owners will tell you they don't want Obama 'boosting' them. They just want him to get out of the way.

Michelle Malkin

You Want Will Way Him Out

This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still.

Nature Butterfly Man Will Never Mud

I don't attend an actual school but I'm still following through with high school. I do work with a tutor for about six hours a day. It's hard core but definitely worth it, and it's my main focus now - finishing up high school before I release my new album and apply to college.

Work Focus Day School College Worth

My first ever stage performance was in Edinburgh in 1960.

Performance First Stage Ever

Alas, bacon and eggs are not health foods.

Health Eggs Bacon Foods Alas

To me, if we're not failing a little bit, we're not trying hard enough. I think great cultures encourage risk and are tolerant of failure. If you don't do that, you're going to end up with a culture that is stagnant and not thinking about the next generation of products and experiences.

Brad Garlinghouse

Failure Great Culture Me Thinking

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