Quotes about american-writer
american-writer took
After the book took off, I bought a whole new wardrobe. Terry Goodkind
american-writer love
Love as if you liked yourself, and it may happen. Marge Piercy
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The greatest revolution in our generation is that of human beings, who by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. Marilyn Ferguson
american-writer deeply fear ultimately
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom. Marilyn Ferguson
american-writer home
For all practical purposes I left home when I was 7. Jean Stafford
american-writer art became less pursue realized subjected
This is why my art is about violence. Because I was subjected to so much of it as a kid. After that, and a lot of thinking, I became less violent. I realized that there must be other ways. So, I started to pursue them.
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There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.
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The relationships that people have - that are sexual, psychological, emotional - these relationships are not open to supervision by parents, schools, churches, or government. Nobody has any right to intervene at all in any kind of relationship like that. Madalyn Murray O'Hair
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Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. Dale Carnegie
american-writer came hanging precise silence
A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall. Jean Stafford
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Dennis Conner is Pete Rose in deck shoes.
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Psycho 11 and III say, in effect, there's no way to survive with a psychological problem. If you've got it, the law can keep you locked up because there's no chance for cure. Joseph Stefano
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Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride. David Foster Wallace
american-writer dare grown
I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grown older. Catherine Drinker Bowen
american-writer neglected rhetoric simply
That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen. Michael Harrington
american-writer husband left lover nerve
A husband is what's left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted. Helen Rowland
american-writer friend knows likes man
Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. Elbert Hubbard
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The house burned an hour before midnight on the last day of April. The wild, distant ringing of the fire bells woke George Hazard. He stumbled through the dark hallway, then upstairs to the mansion tower, and stepped outside into the narrow balcony. John Jakes
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She would have been a very remarkable woman, if she had not been an old maid. Thomas Nelson Page
american-writer book books-and-reading
When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in YOU than there was before. Clifton Fadiman
american-writer stated
A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved. Dorothea Brande
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First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down. Ray Bradbury
american-writer curtain quality time
Every time a curtain rises, so does the quality of our lives. Bryan Davis
american-writer argue competition public simply works
Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way, and I've been watching this for a longtime. Jonathan Kozol
american-writer choose good knowledge strength wisdom
Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. John Cheever
american-writer choose good knowledge strength wisdom
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. John Cheever
american-writer enjoyment ongoing
Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity. Paul Goodman
american-writer united
Bill, The United States is not a company. It is a country. Stewart Alsop
american-writer believes gates logical particular reduced sequence technology ultimate
Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal. Stewart Alsop
american-writer change characters facing grow seem
What is interesting to me is how the characters respond, how they change and grow by facing what often seem overwhelming difficulties. Terry Brooks
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Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible -- it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could. Barbara de Angelis
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I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here. S. E. Hinton
american-writer art cannot minutes people performance problem watch
Performance Art is brief, about 15 minutes long. This is a problem in that you cannot get people to come out to watch a 15-minute performance.