Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
Fran Lebowitz
Recitation: by Male by Female
I think that the first book that made me think that I could try to be a writer - or that made me aware that a young black woman from the South could write about the South - was Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple,' which I read for the first time when I was in junior high.
Jesmyn Ward
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Love is friendship set on fire.
Jeremy Taylor
FriendshipLoveRomanticFireSet
Having personally watched the Voting Rights Act being signed into law that August day, I can't begin to imagine how we could have all been so wrong in believing that more Americans would vote once they were all truly free to do so.
Andrew Young
DayLawFreeVotingWrongVote
The story is my favorite form.
Max Apple
StoryFavoriteForm
Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition forces, the Geneva Convention permits the use of more coercive interrogation approaches to prevent future attacks.
John Yoo
FutureMoreClearForcesEngaged
Naturally, it is a terrible, despicable crime when, as in Munich, people are taken hostage, people are killed. But probing the motives of those responsible and showing that they are also individuals with families and have their own story does not excuse what they did.
Steven Spielberg
PeopleStoryCrimeResponsibleOwn
True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
LifeEducationGoalsSpiritualTrue
I don't believe that poetry is in danger because nobody wants to read it or appreciate it. There is a tremendous audience for it on any given day or night. You just have to know where to look.
Derek Walcott
DayPoetryNightBelieveAppreciate
David Cameron was a good-looking chap in his day!
Douglas Booth
DayGood-LookingHisDavid Cameron
You come to America, and, if you do a big TV show, then you can be overexposed, or old, before you're new.
Chris Hemsworth
AmericaYouNewOldBigShow
The quality of films out there depends on how much responsibility we're willing to take. I try to play women who are positive and heroic.
Cheryl Ladd
PositiveWomenResponsibilityQuality
Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.
Scott Weiland
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