Barbara Kingsolver Quotes

To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another that is surely the basic instinct - crying out: High tide! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is!

Barbara Kingsolver

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I'm expected to do what's right; I want to leave a legacy of positivity behind.

Angie Stone

LegacyWantRightLeavePositivity

This ceremony and the intellectual aura associated with the Nobel Prizes have grown from the wisdom of a practical chemist who wrote a remarkable will.

Stanford Moore

WisdomIntellectualWillAuraWho

Happiness just doesn't happen. You have to force yourself.

Stewart Rahr

HappinessYourselfYouHappenForce

I worked for a brief spell as a journalist, but soon I discovered that I didn't want to be a journalist - I wanted to be a historian.

Robert Darnton

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We're trying to say that if you, in love, when you're not true to yourself, the love won't last. Because love is complex, and we always have the dark sides and the sad sides.

RM

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When people were subjected to the impeachment and removal process, Aaron Burr was right there, looking out for their rights, even though it wasn't in his political interest to do so.

Mike Lee

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Drinking is a remarkable, automatic release and a way of relaxing.

Michelle Huneven

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I don't understand the iPhone. I just don't get it. Don't ya'll have to write serious emails throughout the day? How can you possibly manage detailed missives on a phone with no keys?

Ava DuVernay

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The field of wind energy has immeasurable scope for innovation, translating to real world applications and tremendous economic opportunity.

Tulsi Tanti

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I work out religiously. It's great for my back. It's great for my core. I've been exposed to lots of exercise regimens and movement classes as an actor, so I understand the importance of stretching and staying limber, but Pilates is what's really spoken to me. It works everything out.

Thomas Gibson

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German accents and Hassidic accents aren't that romantic. They're more harsh. Although Hebrew, when spoken by certain people, sounds beautiful. There's this beautiful woman I know who speaks Hebrew, and when she speaks, it's so attractive. Maybe it's who's speaking it.

Janeane Garofalo

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My dad got me the same mic I use on everything now - this $200 mic from Guitar Center.

Gnash

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