"Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them."

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Barbara Kingsolver

#Discipline Quotes #Sticks Quotes #Stories Quotes

“We don't get to pick the genes we want. There's room in this world for beauty to be diverse.”
“Are you kidding me? It's insane that civil rights are being denied people in this day and age. It's embarrassing, and it's heartbreaking. It goes without saying that I'm completely in support of gay marriage. In 10 years we'll be ashamed that this was an issue.”

Source : "Chris Evans On Gay Marriage: ‘In 10 Years We’ll Be Ashamed That This Was An Issue’". www.huffingtonpost.com. April 21, 2012.
“People who - and I think that's been a huge education for me. I think it's a - it's a privilege to be able to meet such a broad cross-section of New York and increasingly the world, and to get a feel of how people respond to visual culture.”
“Happiness implied a choice, and within that choice a concerted will, a lucid desire.”
“Being on "SNL" was a goal that I had when I was younger. When I got fired, I just felt really mad and I felt really grossed out by the system and grossed out by myself and it just sort of knocked me on my ass.”

Source : "Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman and Richard Kind on stand-up, improv and Jerry Seinfeld". Interview with Prachi Gupta, www.salon.com. January 19, 2014.
“If you would conquer Love, he must be fought At his first onslaught; sprinkle but a drop Of water, the new-kindled flame expires.”
“There is no country ... where there are not somewhere lovers of freedom who look to this country to carry the torch and keep it burning bright until such time as they may again be able to light their extinguished torches at our flame. We owe it not only to our own people but to the world to preserve our soul for that.”
“I think we need to do two things - or three things. One is we need to put a stop on refugees until we can vet.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org

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