Mia Devlin Quotes

#1. Richard Price, who has made a fortune writing fake ghetto books, says he takes a cab into the ghetto, transcribes Black speech for a brief time and returns home. His fake ghetto books have bought him a townhouse in Gramercy Park and home on Staten Island.

Ishmael Reed

#2. I'm not led by money, because if that's the case, I can throw my name on everything and have a million-dollar company.

Tyra Banks

#3. We've had a series of major news stories that have brought in viewers who either were sampling to see what else was available or were normal news watchers. The Florida recount and the end of the election was a huge development. And then 9/11 came along.

Brit Hume

#4. Now you are beginning to think for yourself instead of letting others think for you. That's the beginning of wisdom.

Margaret Mitchell

#5. In democratic centuries, on the contrary, when the duties of each individual toward the species are much clearer, devotion toward one man becomes rarer: the bond of human affections is extended and loosened.

Alexis De Tocqueville

#6. In daily terms, the work of listening is to be constantly worn free of our preconceptions and preferences so that nothing stands in the way of our direct experience of life.

Mark Nepo

#7. One volcano puts out more toxic gases - one volcano - than man makes in a whole year. And when you look at this 'climate change,' and when you look at the regular climate change that we all have in the world, we have warm and we have cooling spells.

John Raese

#8. There is very little hope that the United States or anyone else can do much to stabilize Iraq, Libya, Syria or Egypt. Stabilizing Iran, and bringing it back into the family of nations, is much more possible. That would be a 'win' for both sides.

Stephen Kinzer

#9. Life's tough," Mia said with a shrug. "You play the cards you're dealt or you fold.

Nora Roberts

#10. People care about what newspapers tell them to care about.

Delia Parr

#11. There are a lot of editorials that have nothing to do with anything like that. But I was just thinking of that sense of prose as being very responsible and perceptive, thoughtful, intimate, and contriving a quote statement.

Robert Creeley

#12. There is no collective guilt, ... guilt is individual, like salvation. [p.28]

Frederick Forsyth