"I wanted to be a writer. I wanted……" — Ernest Gaines
"I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about home."
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52 Quotes by Ernest Gaines
Ernest Gaines has 52 quotes on this site.
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Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.
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But let us say he was (guilty). Let us for a moment say he was (guilty). What justice would there…
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I still don't even know if the sheriff will let me see him. And suppose he did; what then? What…
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Now, about that mulatto teacher and me. There was no love there for each other. There was not even respect.…
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"What for?" I said. "What for, Tante Lou? He treated me the same way he treated her. He wants me…
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"You going back," she said. "You ain't going to run away from this, Grant."
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We looked at each other, and I could see in those big reddened eyes that he was not going to…
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Don't tell me to believe. Don't tell me to believe in the same God or laws that men believe in…
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You learn from music, from watching great athletes at work - how disciplined they are, how they move. You learn…
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The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.
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I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I…
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We wait till now? Now, when we're old men, we get to be brave?
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More Home Quotes
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I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd…
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Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if…
— Pietro Aretino
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The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason…
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were…
— Karen Armstrong
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
— Arthur Ashe
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It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even…
— Marcel Achard
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Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both…
— Rowan Atkinson
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Confronting a stadium audience, you can't see the whites of their eyes. It's just an amorphous mass of noise and,…
— Rowan Atkinson
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I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home.
— David Attenborough
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It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space,…
— David Attenborough
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There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
— Jane Austen
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Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where…
— Bill Ayers
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