Barbara Kingsolver Quotes

People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.

Barbara Kingsolver

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DogDreamsDaySoulPeopleYou

In the separation of the human species from nature, life goes awry.

Michael Frome

LifeNatureSeparationHumanSpecies

The number of people in America killed by firearms is extraordinary compared to other nations, and I don't think we're a bloodthirsty country. We need to look at everything we can do to safeguard our people.

Stanley A. McChrystal

PeopleThinkAmericaLookCountry

I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed-reading accident. I hit a bookmark.

Steven Wright

HospitalOutGotJustAccidentHit

Freddie obviously knew he was ill long before we did. We knew there was something wrong, but we didn't know what it was. He told us eventually. We didnt want to believe it was true. But we all stuck round him, formed a circle, and gave him support.

Roger Taylor

SupportBelieveLongCircleWrong

I allowed life to give me presents. And everything just sort of happened the way it was supposed to happen. I did not pursue anything. It more or less pursued me.

Ruth Bernhard

LifeMeWayMoreEverythingPursue

I had always been kind of obsessed with making a home of my own and was always drawing rooms that I wanted to live in, down to pictures on the wall and the faces that would be in the photographs, and how the couches would be situated.

Michelle Williams

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I would have loved to paint Eartha Kitt, but she's no longer here. I'm so glad I had the chance to meet her.

Mickalene Thomas

ChanceLovedMeetShePaintHere

Part of our job as quote-unquote 'celebrities' is that we can gather people around things that are important. I think it should be a requisite - there should be a clause in the contract that you have to give back.

Luis Fonsi

JobPeopleThinkYouBackImportant

The main thing is to believe writers know what their voices are, and if they are left alone, they will come through with something. There are a load of brilliant U.S. comedies: at the moment, I'm loving 'Girls.' People say the U.S. is more conservative; I think, actually, it is a bit looser here, but trends change.

Julia Davis

ChangeAloneMomentPeopleBelieve

Age is a convenient barometer of what a person is capable of, but it is only one.

Jared Kushner

AgePersonCapableOnlyConvenient

Alzheimer's disease is never an 'accident' in a marriage. It falls under the purview of God's sovereignty. In the case of someone with Alzheimer's, this means God's unconditional and sacrificial love has an opportunity to be even more gloriously displayed in a life together.

Joni Eareckson Tada

LifeLoveMarriageGodOpportunity

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

Donovan Bailey

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