"For 2,500 years, people have been writing odes. Why? I think that there's something innately human in wanting to praise the world even though it's disappointing in so many ways. There's always that tension."

-- Barbara Hamby

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“I want to write a novel about Silence," he said; â€œthe things people donâ€™t say.”
“Ah, this is fine," he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain. He dusted it off, and engraved on one side were the words "WHY NOT?" "That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.”
“My world was changing, and I was not ready for it.”
“In reading we must become creators.”
“From Gandhi to Mandela, from the American patriot to the Polish shipbuilders, the makers of revolutions have not come from the top.”
“To become an astronaut, someone has to have a dream of his own to do something that he or she has always wanted to do, then commit himself to making that dream come true.”

Source : Live Chat, www.cnn.com. January 21, 1999.
“Iâ€™m sure you gathered this by now: I just do what I want. Have I made out with chicks? Hell yeah. Did I think it was awesome? Hell yeah. I wouldnâ€™t call myself bi. Like, if I didnâ€™t eat meat for a week, it doesnâ€™t make me a vegetarian. So I like people, and thatâ€™s just it. I like people.”
“The sets were fantastic. The Harry Potter sets are brilliant. You do get transported for a second.”

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