"The Novelist, afraid his ideas may be foolish, slyly puts them in the mouth of some other fool and reserves the right to disavow them."

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Source : Diane Johnson (1982). “Terrorists and novelists”, Alfred A. Knopf

Diane Johnson

#Ideas Quotes #Novelists Quotes #Mouths Quotes

“I was performing from the age of three.”

Source : "My CV: Jennifer Ellison". www.mirror.co.uk. November 10, 2005.
“It is very important that, no matter what happens, you keep your feeling of self worth and value.”
“If you keep thinking about putting on a conference or being a Hollywood screenwriter, and you find the idea terrifies but intrigues you, it's probably a worthy endeavor for you. You grow (and thrive!) by doing what excites you and what scares you everyday, not by trying to find your passion.”
“The supremacy of Parliament and the embedding of property rights in Common Law put political power in the hands of men anxious to exploit the new economic opportunities and provided the framework for a judicial system to protect and encourage productive economic activity”
“I had to get out of my record deal that I signed with my previous band and get a full solo record deal going so, with all of the paperwork that, that entails it did take a while.”
“The determination to win is the better part of winning.”
“We have two boys. After George Zimmerman was found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin, we had to explain to our older son, who was 12 at the time, how that could happen. Instead of hugging and consoling him, my husband pulled out a documentary about Emmett Till and showed it to him and started to talk about how the justice system works in this country - and how it often doesn't. From that conversation, our son wrote a short story about Trayvon Martin going to heaven to meet Emmett Till.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“I want a sword not a knitting needle -Kalen”

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