"I feel like the kind of people I write about are the kind of people I grew up with, the families that I know in my community. Most everyone is working-class, and there are some intact families, but a lot of families aren't."

-- Jesmyn Ward

#Writing Quotes #Class Quotes #People Quotes

“You know, some people say life is short and that you could get hit by a bus at any moment and that you have to live each day like it's your last. Bullshit. Life is long. You're probably not gonna get hit by a bus. And you're gonna have to live with the choices you make for the next fifty years.”
“When did banning anything, ever work? I mean, we banned liquor once in this country, oh, that worked like a charm, didn't it, folks? You couldn't find a drink in the roaring 20's, could ya? See that's the problem with the banning thing! I say why stop there, let's not ban guns, I know, let's ban crime!”
“Bruce Smith is a tender master of music, and beautiful lines, and complex thoughts, and fascinating wild personal and cultural references.”
“A crown, a throne could not be based on the not too very solid foundation of blood.”

Source : "The Shah Speaks". Interview with David Frost, January 1980.
“My objective always is to stay as close as possible and shoot the pictures as if through the eyes of the infantryman, the Marine, or the pilot. I wanted to give the reader something of the visual perspective and feeling of the guy under fire, his apprehensions and sufferings, his tensions and releases, his behavior in the presence of threatening death.”
“I'm fascinated by furniture design and interiors, and I want to try designing all that stuff.”
“Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris.”
“When you do things for others; don't expect your good deeds to be returned. Do it because you enjoy making someone's day.”

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