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My father owned pit bulls when I was young. He sometimes fought them. My brother and a lot of the me...
JESMYN WARD We're all about pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps, et cetera - I think that's a harmful...
JESMYN WARD When I was writing my first novel, 'Where the Line Bleeds,' which had young black men as its...
JESMYN WARD It infuriates me that the work of white American writers can be universal and lay claim to classic t...
JESMYN WARD I'm still a bit of a reading glutton, I think, because I browse, read a bit of the back copy, fl...
JESMYN WARD At every turn, Molly Antopol's gorgeous debut story collection, 'The UnAmericans,' is fi...
JESMYN WARD My family and I survived Hurricane Katrina in 2005; we left my grandmother's flooding house, wer...
JESMYN WARD People ask me about staying here. I think they assume that I wouldn't want to come back to a pla...
JESMYN WARD I read everything. When I say everything, I read everything: children's literature, Y.A., scienc...
JESMYN WARD I was raised in Mississippi, in a family and a community that identified as black, and I have the st...
JESMYN WARD It's impossible for most black Americans to construct full family trees. Official census records...
JESMYN WARD I was a freshman at Stanford University the first time someone called me a 'bama.' One of my...
JESMYN WARD I'm a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my ...
JESMYN WARD Before Hurricane Katrina, I always felt like I could come back home. And home was a real place, and ...
JESMYN WARD My mother worked for a white family that lived in one of the mansions on the beach. The husband in t...
JESMYN WARD I always understood my ancestry, like that of so many others in the Gulf Coast, to be a tangle of Af...
JESMYN WARD It's very hard to deal with true subject matter, especially when you're writing about such w...
JESMYN WARD I've found that in fiction - and this is just the kind of writer I am - I can't really work ...
JESMYN WARD History and socio-economic inequality and all those things had, like, borne down upon my family and ...
JESMYN WARD I was pleasantly surprised with 'Salvage.' I went to Australia and New Zealand for the novel...
JESMYN WARD We salvage the bones of our lives every day, through small tragedies and big tragedies.
JESMYN WARD That larger story in 'Salvage the Bones' is just about survival, and I think that, in the en...
JESMYN WARD After I finished my first draft of 'Salvage the Bones,' I felt that I wasn't political e...
JESMYN WARD I wrote the first draft of my first novel at Michigan, and then I wrote the first draft of 'Salv...
JESMYN WARD We tried to outpace the thing that chased us, that said: You are nothing. We tried to ignore ...
JESMYN WARD I think my love for books sprang from my need to escape the world I was born into, to slide into ano...
JESMYN WARD Emotional hurt, you gotta let that go. Walk away and let it be. So many highs and lows, but if you k...
MICKY WARD A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.
WARD MCALLISTER I have never said that people 'should' engage in armed attacks on the United States, but tha...
WARD CHURCHILL Truth is the best defense.
WARD CHURCHILL My comments are reserved for reputable journalists.
WARD CHURCHILL There's always merit to having a debate.
WARD CHURCHILL They were targeting those people I referred to as 'little Eichmanns.' These were legitimate ...
WARD CHURCHILL There is no consensus, there is no homogeneity, there is no truth.
WARD CHURCHILL If U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence wh...
WARD CHURCHILL When you kill 500,000 children in order to impose your will on other countries, then you shouldn'...
WARD CHURCHILL If I can't drive my old pickup to wherever I'm going, well, chances are good that I just won...
WARD CHURCHILL I am not a 'defender' of the September 11 attacks, but simply pointing out that if U.S. fore...
WARD CHURCHILL Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process.
RACHEL WARD I've been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually...
RACHEL WARD I got pigeonholed a bit. When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted to be the kind of actress I ...
RACHEL WARD When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.
RACHEL WARD All anything takes, really, is confidence.
RACHEL WARD There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not li...
RACHEL WARD Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and ch...
RACHEL WARD You're in a movie because you're appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fan...
RACHEL WARD I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque po...
RACHEL WARD

I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me.
M. WARD

It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When ...
M. WARD

I'm somebody who gets a lot of inspiration from dreams.
M. WARD

When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out i...
M. WARD

I wouldn't want to cover a Hank Williams song in a country-western way. It doesn't occur to ...
M. WARD

I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal mean...
M. WARD

I get most of my inspiration from older records and older production styles, and that ends up rearin...
M. WARD

I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that ba...
M. WARD

I don't really watch TV series because I don't want to get hooked on them and have them suck...
M. WARD

The South of France is one of my favorite places in the world.
M. WARD

I've worked with just as many talented women as I have talented men, and I feel fortunate enough...
M. WARD

I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make ex...
M. WARD

I definitely don't see myself as much of a singer, because my upbringing is really based around ...
M. WARD

I get most of my inspiration from older records. Most of the records that I listen to were probably ...
M. WARD

It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
M. WARD

Certain things you have to stumble on to. They can't be preprogrammed.
M. WARD

I love the idea that I planned my career. I did not. It started out by getting invitations from arti...
M. WARD

I don't like the way recording to digital sounds. Most of the time, when I'm recording to tw...
M. WARD

There's a relationship between music and spirituality and inspiration and to a certain extent im...
M. WARD

I'm somebody who doesn't feel the need to be in the driver's seat all the time. I apprec...
M. WARD

I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
M. WARD

My grandparents are from Mexico, so I grew up with great Mexican food.
M. WARD

One of the great things about music is that it has the capability of time travel - you smell a certa...
M. WARD

I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The pas...
M. WARD One of the advantages of appearing in such a play is that you begin to understand it properly, I fee...
LALLA WARD Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turn...
LALLA WARD I was quite happy with the way I went, I think.
LALLA WARD I think Douglas was a real one-off. He was so clever and so intelligent and so well read in real sci...
LALLA WARD I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra.
LALLA WARD I had an awful lot to say in what I wore as Romana.
LALLA WARD I enjoyed the promotion with K9 on my introduction day.
LALLA WARD I can't bear it that Douglas isn't still here.
LALLA WARD Don't ask me who my favourite monster was because I'm sick of saying Tom Baker.
LALLA WARD I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is...
LALLA WARD I like that totally mixed up kind of eclectic group of personal props and bits of costume and I thin...
LALLA WARD We were only there for five days and during that time Tom was a bit annoyed that the French were mor...
LALLA WARD Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of th...
LALLA WARD

Im not a politician and my other habits are good. Ive no enemys to reward, nor friends to sponge. Bu...
ARTEMUS WARD There are times when it's absolutely appropriate to march up to someone, stick out your hand and...
CLARISSA WARD I make personal appearances around the country. I'm starting a book tour now, and I may be comin...
BURT WARD Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development.
TED WARD I'm back in Boston. I own an outdoor deck hockey rink, and I own a boxing gym here also.
MICKY WARD He is just a guy who would never do that sort of thing intentionally. He is as honest as the day is ...
AARON WARD I think I'd be a liar if I said I'm not worried about it -- I am.
AARON WARD It's a gathering of plumbers.
AARON WARD It's like a preparation for war. It literally is. We're conditioned as athletes to recognize the cul...
AARON WARD Guys in this locker room shut their mouths for the entirety of this review hoping that it would be d...
AARON WARD As a group of players, with the season that we've had, it somewhat validates what we've done, adds a...
AARON WARD The book is closed, the year is done, The pages full of tasks begun. A little joy, a little care, Al...
ARCH WARD One of the first regulations might be to think.
ORLANDO WARD

When a fellow says it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money.
ARTEMUS WARD

You're some freaky shit, my brother. You really are
J.R. WARD

You would have made a fine warrior, you know that?"

I am one. Death is my enemy."
J.R. WARD

Some things are destined to be -- it just takes us a couple of tries
to get there.
J.R. WARD

The place is also big enough. We could all live there without killing each other." -Rhage
"That...
J.R. WARD

You are a manipulator.
I like to think of myself more as an outcome engineer.
J.R. WARD

Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitt...
J.R. WARD

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.
ARTEMUS WARD

Laws are not masters, but servants, and he rules them, who obeys them.
WARD BECKER

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.
ARTEMUS WARD When a man is ready to marry, he is often not too particular about the lady.
EUCHARISTA WARD Luxuries are never so comfortable as are the familiar, ordinary things of home.
EUCHARISTA WARD I think in terms of me shying away from modelling, I would like to clarify in some way that I was ta...
GEMMA WARD

Man, it was a good thing vampires didn't get cancer. Lately he'd been chain-smoking like a felon.
J.R. WARD Some girls get swept up in the lifestyle - clubbing and partying with celebrities. You can't liv...
GEMMA WARD I decided to start painting when I was older just for the love of it. I just sit down in the den whe...
ANDREA WARD I usually just put hang my paintings in my house or give them to my family. I might sell some after ...
ANDREA WARD My favorite to make is the oil paintings. The colors blend better, but they take longer to dry and I...
ANDREA WARD I was a stay at home mom so I could raise my three girls. It can take anywhere from 50-60 hours to d...
ANDREA WARD More time than not, athletes, specifically fighters, have a 15 or 20-year career, and unfortunately,...
ANDRE WARD When I hit him, I knew it was over, ... It's a concussive type of punch. Because he's a lefty, he wa...
ANDRE WARD I am very comfortable fighting southpaw, ... both my right and left hands are powerful. My ability t...
ANDRE WARD It was either Connecticut or San Jose, so you know what I chose. I have great fans here.
ANDRE WARD When your are in the ring, ... it is mental. You may get hit with a good shot or you may hit him wit...
ANDRE WARD As soon as that bell rings for the first round, ... you have to establish whose ring it is. That's r...
ANDRE WARD I never want to despise small beginnings. I?m grateful for where we?re at right now.
ANDRE WARD You can learn a lot from the Olympics, but you have to learn the sport again when you turn pro. Just...
ANDRE WARD This is going to be a great and exciting event, not only for boxing fans, but for me personally, bec...
ANDRE WARD I think my jab has a lot to do with having a throwback trainer in Virgil,
ANDRE WARD The guy was heavy handed. This was my first left-hander (I've faced) as a professional. I need to fa...
ANDRE WARD It's more effective to see it than to hear about it.
ANDREW WARD As soon as you come into the wedding service provider environment, somebody is going to try to get y...
ANDREW WARD Some think it's inappropriate to put a dollar value on something that's supposed to have a romantic ...
ANDREW WARD Although weddings are emotional and spiritual, they also represent a series of business transactions...
ANDREW WARD

Vengeance was one hell of a roommate.
J.R. WARD

They don't fit you?" V asked his roommate.
"Not the point. No offense, but these are wicked Vi...
J.R. WARD

Qhuinn: "What is wrong with you, that you care so much about me?"
Blay: "What is wrong with you...
J.R. WARD

Life is such a glorious trauma, is it not?
J.R. WARD

Butch tightened his grip on his cell and wished there were an app that let you reach through a phone...
J.R. WARD

He wanted to give her another word to say, something like luscious or whisper or strawberry. Hell, a...
J.R. WARD

Man" Rhage muttered, "someone hit this place with the Hallmark stick."

Until it broke.
J.R. WARD

The truth was...he was in love with her. Totally over-the-line, no-going-back, not-even-dead-would-h...
J.R. WARD

He knew he was being overbearing as hell, but he couldn't help it. He was a bonded male. With his pr...
J.R. WARD

There aren't any syringes." Red Sox came over and held a sterile pack out. When she tried to take it...
J.R. WARD

You're such a pain in the ass. (Butch)
Said the SIG to the Glock. (V)
J.R. WARD

One more thing."
"What."
"I think we're dating now." As V barked out a laugh, the cop shru...
J.R. WARD

Some bridges you crossed on your own, no matter who drove you to the edge
J.R. WARD

You've won the evolutionary lottery: You're a vampire. Let's go to Disneyland!
J.R. WARD

I was dead until you found me, though I breathed. I was sightless, though I could see. And then you ...
J.R. WARD It's okay to look different, Lilith. Beauty is only a matter of opinion. If you believe you are beau...
PENELOPE WARD It's okay to look different, Lilith. Beauty is only a matter of opinion. If you believe you are beau...
PENELOPE WARD Even on the computer, we always get information popping up to do this, do that and people do it!
BARBARA WARD Put aside the politics please, just for one minute. Forget about those jobs promised and think of yo...
BARBARA WARD We don't feel this [review-panel process] is going to benefit our community or quality of life in an...
BARBARA WARD Hiring consultants to do these studies seems to have nothing to do with the original purpose of the ...
BARBARA WARD This submission also perpetuates the myth that women should submit and be subservient to their husba...
BARBARA WARD We cannot cheat on DNA. We cannot get round photosynthesis. We cannot say I am not going to give a d...
BARBARA WARD You'd think that after Katrina they'd be willing to leave, but you never know,
BARBARA WARD Jews were the first to believe that history itself has meaning and that progress, not repetition, is...
BARBARA WARD The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay an...
BARBARA WARD Just to know what the kids were talking about in school was more meaningful than anything I could wr...
BARBARA WARD

Why is this thus? What is the reason of this thusness?
ARTEMUS WARD

Falling into ruin was a bit like falling in love: Both descents stripped you bare and left you as yo...
J.R. WARD My mother was a very prominent lady in New Orleans. Everybody knew my mother. If she dies here, nobo...
ANNE WARD I took my computer, ... Everything else I left, never thinking I wouldn't go back.
ANNE WARD I said, 'We're leaving,' and she didn't say too much,
ANNE WARD We are providing a lot of information and online resources to help people who have memory concerns.
ANNE WARD It just kept moving further and further west,
ANNE WARD We feel like he's a great choice to be our next head coach.
ALLEN WARD Throughout the process, I continued to be impressed with the fact that he was winning at programs wi...
ALLEN WARD I feel like you have to be committed by doing it right in terms of female sports. Some people look a...
ALLEN WARD Obviously, coach Willard has a great pedigree. He's done a very nice job. He's been involved with so...
ALLEN WARD I'm going to do my best to help keep him around. But I'm sure there will be some people interested i...
ALLEN WARD It's a great fit for him. We wish him nothing but the best.
ALLEN WARD We've been very fortunate here, we've hired some great coaches that have moved on and done great thi...
ALLEN WARD It's a great fit because Mick's a great coach. He gets that opportunity because of what he's done he...
ALLEN WARD I told (Mississippi athletic director Pete Boone and Thomas) once our season was over, they could ta...
ALLEN WARD Especially when we really got hot at the end of season and took off in the conference tournament. He...
ALLEN WARD We'd absolutely love it if our Burnout games worked on 360. But it's down to what Microsoft wants to...
ALEX WARD What I worry about the most is the mind-set of the consumer.
ALEX WARD Guns are loud, exhilarating and utterly terrifying things. BLACK delivers a deep shooting experience...
ALEX WARD I keep reading all over forums that we're going to make a 360 version of BLACK, and it's just not tr...
ALEX WARD The only time you'll see [the BLACK franchise] on the Xbox 360 is when we make BLACK 2 on it in a fe...
ALEX WARD I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 s...
RACHEL WARD A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place...
WARD MCALLISTER The term 'human rights defender,' incidentally, isn't something I or my attorneys came u...
WARD CHURCHILL We're journalists, and so it's our job to be impartial and provide a fair and thorough asses...
CLARISSA WARD Have you any idea what it's like to live under the same roof as four women? Armageddon is the be...
SHAYNE WARD

When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto fo...
M. WARD

Draw your salary before spending it.
ARTEMUS WARD

You are the sweetest thug I've ever known.
J.R. WARD

When her blue-black eyes lifted to his, everything disappeared. Their bodies dematerialized. The roo...
J.R. WARD

Sometimes in life, from out of a myriad of prosaic decisions like what to eat and where to sleep and...
J.R. WARD

I have already given two cousins to the war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother.
ARTEMUS WARD You get use to someone—start to like them, even—and they leave. In the end, everyone leaves.
RACHEL WARD I still don't think the world has seen the best Andre Ward. Initially, I just wanted to get in t...
ANDRE WARD

I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog. I had fun trying to duplicate what I was ...
M. WARD I'm not going to throw chairs; I'm not going to cuss. I'm not going to do that kind of s...
ANDRE WARD People will go the path of least resistance.
BRUCE WARD It's just a lot of people. There's a lot going on.
BRUCE WARD We'll be fine once we get some of our stuff open this year.
BRUCE WARD There's (been) a lot of holiday traffic, but that is changing out.
BRUCE WARD As bad as that second goal was, it was like it woke us up.
CAM WARD

I love my community. I love always being able to come back and have a home.

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