Edmund White Quotes

I've accompanied several dying people on their travels, and the desert seems to be a favored destination. It is very hot and dry and lyrical in its own way.

Edmund White

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PeopleDestinationDesertWayHot

I'm a curvy girl, and I'm a real girl.

Joanna Garcia

GirlRealCurvy

Don't worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable - and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.

Jocko Willink

GoalsMotivationShortWorryYou

Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and watch 'American Idol' and video their children's concerts and have the same hopes and dreams that their straight counterparts do.

Jodi Picoult

FamilyDreamsChildrenPeopleYou

After graduating from college I worked at a variety of jobs, from banking to politics. I enjoyed whatever I was doing at the time but I didn't love my work.

Joe Flanigan

WorkLoveTimePoliticsCollege

I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy.

Jo Stafford

PhilosophyTrumpetJustLyricsTried

In their political careers, Obama and Biden faced down lobbyists, Tea Party carpetbaggers, and Washington gridlock.

Andrew Shaffer

TeaPoliticalDownPartyWashington

I'm proud of who I am. I'm proud of my history. I'm proud of the women and the men who came before us who are black, and I'm proud of the women before me who are black and who have achieved so much, even though we have so much against us, and we don't have those doors opening for us every day.

Melina Matsoukas

WomenHistoryDayMenI AmMe

There is still a future with music, because people want music.

Maynard James Keenan

FutureMusicPeopleWantBecause

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.

Robert Heller

BelieveIgnoreEnoughFeelingNever

I'm happy every day that I get up and I'm alive.

Matthew Gray Gubler

DayHappyEvery DayAliveUpGet

So many people get involved with carrying grudges and having these moral battles with people, where they cast themselves as the righteous and the other guy is the dirtbag. They waste tons of energy on it, create all kinds of darkness around themselves and the other person. It gets you nothing.

Stephen J. Cannell

DarknessPeopleEnergyYouCreate

Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We're meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the mountain by a reliable if not scenic route, we have delivered. Technique is optional.

Stacy Schiff

MountainStoryLiteratureDownUp

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