Nancy Kress Quotes

Every drama requires a cast. The cast may be so huge, as in Leo Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina,' that the author or editor provides a list of characters to keep them straight. Or it may be an intimate cast of two.

Nancy Kress

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 20, 1948

Topics

DramaTwoMayKeepCastLeo

I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish. A lot of lawyers or doctors who have names but absolutely no lives. You're going to get your three or four scenes; you're not going to be able to show what you can do.

Viola Davis

YouLawyersThreeNamesGoingGet

Everything that works on the Internet depends on a lot of people collaborating, but there's also these rules that you see across all the really successful platforms. Many, many, many more people consume the information or benefit from the information than actually contribute the information.

Jennifer Pahlka

PeopleInternetYouInformationSee

It's not an Israeli model, it's a TSA, screwed-up model. It should actually be the person who's looking at the ticket and talking to the individual. Instead, they've hired people to stand around and observe, which is a bastardization of what should be done.

John Mica

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I'm a very hopeful person. I mean, I'm an optimistic person, sometimes stupidly optimistic.

John Lithgow

PersonSometimesMeanHopefulVery

When I see the Trump supporters on television explaining themselves, I don't get a feeling of supreme confidence. They've created a revolution, and now maybe they're a little scared by it.

Robert J. Shiller

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I think my parents did a great job of reminding me that I wasn't as big a deal as maybe I thought I was at times.

Matt Holliday

GreatJobParentsMeThinkThought

Children are very smart, in their own stupid way. A child's brain is like a sponge, and you know how smart sponges are.

Steve Carell

ChildrenSmartChildBrainStupid

I inspire myself.

Tommy Wiseau

MyselfInspire

We need to ban assault weapons. We need to ban the high-capacity clips and magazines. We need serious background information, system upgrade.

Michael Nutter

InformationSeriousNeedSystemBan

Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases where they cannot be obtained without manifest injury to others.

Joseph Butler

ManifestDesireWillOthersWithout

One truth I've learned as a father: Children want presence more than presents. They don't want to read about you; they want you.

Don Willett

FatherTruthChildrenYouWantMore

The largest room in the world is room for improvement. You know, some mornings my thighs are fat. Some days my hair looks great. That's the human condition.

Diane Lane

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