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Barbara Kingsolver Quotes

Barbara Kingsolver quote: "We are our injuries, as much as we are our successes."

We are our injuries, as much as we are our successes.

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I'm the idiot box. I'm the TV. I'm the all-seeing eye and the world of the cathode ray. I'm the boob tube. I'm the little shrine the family gathers to adore.' You're the television? Or someone in the television?' The TV's the altar. I'm what people are sacrificing to.' What do they sacrifice?' asked Shadow. Their time, mostly,' said Lucy. 'Sometimes each other.' She raised two fingers, blew imaginary gunsmoke from the tips. Then she winked, a big old I Love Lucy wink. You're a God?'... Neil Gaiman
I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain - and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat. And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. Robert Frost
Philip Seymour Hoffman quote: "The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I..."
The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do. Philip Seymour Hoffman
Anne McCaffrey quote: "Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives."
Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives. Anne McCaffrey
Phil Donahue quote: "Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is..."
Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable? Phil Donahue
Dorothy West quote: "There is no life that does not contribute to history."
There is no life that does not contribute to history. Dorothy West
A market that's as open as possible is the precondition for a successful economy, and a successful economy is the precondition to being able to pay for social security. Gerhard Schroder
Confucius quote: "The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it."
The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it. Confucius
At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it for their own reward and then lock the rest up in volatile, insecure and illiquid loans that at times they cannot redeem without public aid. James Buchan
Robert Bresson quote: "Practice the precept: find without seeking"
Practice the precept: find without seeking Robert Bresson
Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic pop songs. And I've done lots of different things, as you know, but every so often I get drawn back. Elvis Costello
In fiction, I exercise my nosiness. I am as curious as my cats, and indeed that has led to trouble often enough and used up several of my nine lives. I am an avid listener. I am fascinated by other people's lives, the choices they make and how that works out through time, what they have done and left undone, what they tell me and what they keep secret and silent, what they lie about and what they confess, what they are proud of and what shames them, what they hope for and what they fear. The... Marge Piercy
Aristotle Onassis quote: "The secret of business is to know something that nobody else..."
The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows. Aristotle Onassis
Man was made for joy and woe. Then when this we rightly know. Through the world we safely go. Joy and woe are woven fine. A clothing for the soul to bind. William Blake
For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors. Daniel Day-Lewis