#ted

If a woman writes about family and about the connections between people and what it means to be alive in this day and time, it's called women's fiction. And if a man does it, it's nominated for a National Book Award. What - you can't have a heart and a penis? That doesn't make sense. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#alive #award #between #book #called

It's a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I gave birth to. If I was thrown for a loop every time I was distracted I could never get anything done. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#birth #could #distracted #done #every

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion. ↗

— Franklin Pierce

#discussion #frequently #more #protracted #subject

I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything. ↗

— Paul Pierce

#because #brother #everything #felt #had

It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

#granted #guess #i #people #respectability

After the war, prompted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, I entered Parliament so that a priest could speak out for the poor, as canon law at that time still permitted. ↗

— Abbe Pierre

#archbishop #canon #cardinal #could #entered

My England captaincy was not the England captaincy I wanted, that's what will live with me for a long time. ↗

— Kevin Pietersen

#i #live #long #long time #me

As a kid I collected stamps, pebbles on the beach, anything. I liked to have at least 10 of something. ↗

— Jean Pigozzi

#beach #collected #i #kid #least

Before I started LimoLand, I mainly bought my clothes in Harlem, where I found clothing my size in fun colors. I still like to go there and see the vibrancy and colors of the neighborhood. I am also very influenced by the colors of my contemporary African and Japanese art collections. ↗

— Jean Pigozzi

#also #am #art #before #bought

I'm always interested in finding the new trend. If you love pizza every day, after 22 years of eating pizza, you want to try sushi. ↗

— Jean Pigozzi

#always #day #eating #every #every day