Claire Messud You can’t make a character do something they wouldn’t do. – Claire Messud Character Quotes Because we moved so much, I was always having to adapt and work out the lay of the land. So I felt envious of those who did not have to try. I digress a lot – it’s how I experience the world. I would like to write in a way that will convey that to the reader, but also I need clarity.
Susumu Tonegawa Immunologists agreed that an individual vertebrate synthesizes many millions of structurally different forms of antibody molecules even before it encounters an antigen. – Susumu Tonegawa
Mike Coffman Since the issues surrounding President Obama’s birth certificate began during his campaign in 2008, I have rejected the notion that he is anything other than American. – Mike Coffman
Jennifer HollidayWedding I’m quite sure we all have a sweet love song that we dance to or recall from our wedding or something, like ‘At Last,’ but I think that it is the love-gone-wrong songs that touch even men. – Jennifer Holliday
Jacki Weaver No, I’m so well-known at home I think they think of me like a piece of comfortable furniture that’s always been around that they’re not going to throw out. – Jacki Weaver
LegalRuth Ozeki People have always heard voices. Sometimes they’re called shamans, sometimes they’re called mad, and sometimes they’re called fiction writers. I always feel lucky that I live in a culture where fiction writing is legal and not seen as pathology. – Ruth Ozeki
George McGovern When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I. – George McGovern
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