Edmund White Quotes

While writing 'City Boy,' I relied mainly on my own memories. In particular, I was able to describe the effect of gay liberation on an individual life (mine) as events paralleled my own growing self-acceptance; in this case, the political truly was the personal.

Edmund White

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I am a child of digital generation. I have done most of the records with Rilo Kiley on computers, on Pro Tools or other digital programs.

Jenny Lewis

I AmChildComputersGenerationDone

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

Robert Louis Stevenson

CuriosityConquerOne ThingThing

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

ReligiousBelieversRascals

I want to look my fellow Americans directly in the eye and declare to them, 'I am not the anthrax killer.' I know nothing about the anthrax attacks. I had absolutely nothing to do with this terrible crime.

Steven Hatfill

I AmEyeLookKnowWantNothing

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Joseph Addison

VirtueModestyGuardOnlyOrnament

As a CEO, you get sucked into dealing with all the tasks of being a CEO. There's a big meeting, a big discussion, and you get into all the big issues, which is your job. But what CEOs often lose sight of is that it's all about the people who work for you. For every 1,000 decisions, 999 were being made when I was not in the room.

Douglas Conant

WorkJobPeopleDecisionsYouLose

I was made fun of a lot in high school because of the way I sound and the way I was.

Chris Colfer

SchoolFunHigh SchoolWayHighLot

We're often ashamed of asking for so much help because it seems selfish or petty or narcissistic, but I think, if there's a God - and I believe there is - that God is there to help. That's what God's job is.

Anne Lamott

GodJobBelieveSelfishThinkHelp

Support systems and support groups are so important because that's what makes you stronger.

Nikki Bella

SupportStrongerYouImportantMakes

Sometimes I wonder if I'm a character being written, or if I'm writing myself.

Marilyn Manson

CharacterMyselfWritingWonder

There is something very cyclical about the way fashion designers work. They work and work and work, the collection is finally shown, and after those 15 minutes, they must start over from the beginning. This is not unlike the way I work creating new dances.

Justin Peck

WorkBeginningFashionStartNew

I was born in London in England in 1934. I went through, as a child, the horrors of World War II, through a time when food was rationed and we learned to be very careful, and we never had more to eat than what we needed to eat. There was no waste. Everything was used.

Jane Goodall

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