Barbara Kingsolver Quotes

Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them.

Barbara Kingsolver

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When I meet a fan, I always try to learn something about that fan.

Joe Jonas

LearnMeetTryAlwaysSomethingFan

When I'm not working in a professional capacity, I'm writing, and when I'm at home, it's a way of having contact with people or communicating.

Jessie Cave

HomePeopleWritingProfessionalWay

I'm a Slovak. And when I was growing up, I believed that I was Czechoslovakian because of what Russia did. They came in and took two separate countries - Slovakia and the Czech Republic - put them together as one.

Jesse Ventura

TogetherGrowing UpGrowingRussia

I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth.

Joe Wilson

TruthTimePeopleThinkGivingMore

At German unification, we were lucky to get so much help from West Germany. Now, we have the good fortune of being able to help each other in Europe.

Angela Merkel

GoodHelpNowLuckyEuropeFortune

I've always envied Thomas Jefferson's bed at Monticello. It's in a tiny alcove, bound by walls at the head and foot.

Michael Bastian

WallsBedAlwaysHeadFootTiny

And, believe me; they will do everything to cover this up.

Sibel Edmonds

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Every time you are getting ready to make a shot in a documentary film, you are asking yourself questions about your cinematographic approach. You are approaching the truth, but the image is never the truth itself.

Rithy Panh

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We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

LifeFriendThankfulFreedomHealth

There is a real hunger for information about Obama and a sense that information is not being covered or, in some cases, even being withheld. There is a sense that there are elements of the media that are protective of Obama, that they would rather block a story that is embarassing about Obama than let the American public decide.

Dinesh D'Souza

StoryAmericanMediaInformation

I'm my own favorite artist, but I love everybody's music.

Desiigner

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Being in the NBA, being successful, being able to win championships at the highest level in the world, there's certain core values that you have, certain things you have to follow.

Chris Bosh

WinWorldYouValuesFollowLevel

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