Colin PowellPeace Indeed, we’re strongest when the face of America isn’t only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise. – Colin Powell America Quotes Bringing Quotes Cargo Quotes Carrying Quotes Clean Quotes Corps Quotes Diplomat Quotes Floodwaters Quotes Gun Quotes Negotiating Quotes Peace Quotes Plane Quotes Relief Quotes Rise Quotes Soldier Quotes Stepping Quotes Strongest Quotes Village Quotes Volunteer Quotes Water Quotes Worker Quotes Writer’s block! It doesn’t exist. You just long for ideas to go away so you have an idea of peace. When I lost my sister Bernie to cancer, I knew she’d had enough of the pain and, while I was feeling absolutely heartbroken, I also felt relieved she was at peace.
Philipp Meyer After I finished college, I got a job on Wall Street as a derivatives trader, but after a couple years of it, I was calling in sick in order to work on my novel. – Philipp Meyer
Paul Engle There must be an alternative between Hollywood and New York, between those two places psychically as well as geographically. The University of Iowa tries to offer such a community, congenial to the young writer, with his uneasiness about writing as an honorable career, or with his excess of ego about calling himself a writer. – Paul Engle
Abi Morgan I never get writer’s block, but I do have days where I crawl under the duvet. – Abi Morgan
George Strait I’m just not going to tour. One point I want to get across to everybody is that I’m still going to make records and I may still do some events. It’s not the last time I’m onstage. It’s been a part of my life for too long to quit everything. I have done it since the ’80s, and I think it’s time now to maybe see if I can live without that part. – George Strait
BeautyRobert Mapplethorpe I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn’t. And that’s a tough place to be because you’re never satisfied. – Robert Mapplethorpe
Doug Jones My very favorite costumed character I’ve played would be Abe Sapien from the ‘Hell Boy’ movies. I love this guy. – Doug Jones
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