Karen Bender Quotes

The word inventors have to create a new term to describe how I felt when I learned that 'Refund' was on the shortlist for the Frank O'Connor International Story prize - Excited, thrilled, honored, none of them quite do it.

Karen Bender

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Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope.

John Boyd Orr

HopeWarThinkWorstAgreementVain

Everyone's journey is completely different.

Jeremy Piven

JourneyEveryoneDifferent

Throughout high school, I peddled my eggs, had a vendor stand at the local curb market - precursor to today's farmers' markets - and competed in 4-H contests and interscholastic debate.

Joel Salatin

TodaySchoolHigh SchoolStandHigh

There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.

Meghan O'Rourke

WomenGracePerformanceAlwaysEros

When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.

Robert Smith

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The Lord saved my soul.

Steve Harvey

SoulMy SoulLordSaved

I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.

Rose Kennedy

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I used to watch Monte Irvin play when I was a kid. I idolized him. I used to wait in front of the ballpark just for him to pass by so I could see him.

Roberto Clemente

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Actually, I met a lot of directors and most of them have that fantasy to make a silent movie because for directors it's the purest way to tell a story. It's about creating images that tell a story and you don't need dialogue for that.

Michel Hazanavicius

StoryYouCreatingSilentWayNeed

Worse there cannot be; a better, I believe, there may be, by giving energy to the capital and skill of the country to produce exports, by increasing which, alone, can we flatter ourselves with the prospect of finding employment for that part of our population now unemployed.

Joseph Hume

AloneBelieveEnergyBetterGiving

My brother is an artist, and he draws all my tattoos.

Johnny Messner

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I'm not going for a soft sound. I ain't lookin' for a warm sound. My sound is warm, but I don't need tubes to do it. The Randall RG-100 is the best amp for what I do.

Dimebag Darrell

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