"I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters."

-- Tea Obreht

#Character Quotes #Influence Quotes

“[To the editor of the Harlan, Kentucky, Daily Enterprise, as a kindergartener:] I know everything that goes on in this town, and if you give me a job so will you.”
“Seems to me home is where I am loved and safe and needed.”
“I think the biggest difficulty is that when I'm here in America, there's a necessity of using English, so I really have a great sense of really wanting to learn, but unfortunately when I head back to Japan, the necessity vanishes and so does my enthusiasm about learning.”
“It's easier to be healthy in Hawaii than it is, almost anywhere else I've lived. You spend a lot of time outside, in the ocean and on the beach.”
“The intellectual process must be stirred. A feeling for knowledge for its own sake must be engendered. Learning will then be an exciting adventure which few can escape, nor will many wish to. And it will bring the spirit to a great awakening which can likely last a lifetime.”
“It takes a society to raise a generation.”

Source : David B. Berman (2008). “Do Good Design: How Design Can Change Our World”, p.15, Peachpit Press
“I've always been a girl who loves to dress up.”

Source : "September Cover Girl: Gwen Stefani" by Derek Blasberg, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 7, 2012.
“Our joy does not have to be based on our circumstances.”

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