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Profession: Novelist
Nationality: American
Birthday: April 11, 1908

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I challenged God. I said, 'God, I know that I'm a sinner. I know that I won't probably have peace until You're in my heart. But I will not let You in my heart until You answer me, why? Why did you take my arms and legs? Why didn't You give me what everybody else has? God, until You answer me that question, I will not serve You.'

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I'm not afraid of wanting money at all. Money will give me more power to do things that are truer to my spirit than what I'm already doing.

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I know what I have to do and I plan to do it. It's a good time to get it done and get it behind me. It's treatable, so why not treat it now? My family will give me comfort but I have to do this alone.

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I was a university professor, I could talk on and on and on. Give me a podium and you have to drag me off with a hook.

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Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.

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I shall try and effect all that is before me to perform; and God, I think, will surely give me strength for His work so long as He directs my line of duty.

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So I will say it with relish. Give me a hamburger but hold the lawsuit.

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If I had any talent that God could give me, I would be a great diva.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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I don't know what reception I'm at, but for God's sake give me a gin and tonic.

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Give me an 18-hour day on set or in the theater, and I will be the happiest person alive.

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To me, unconventional thinking is approaching a problem and asking, 'Why not? Why can't something be done?' If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.

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Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again.

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Give me liberty or give me a bran muffin!

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I enjoy my work, no matter who I am working with. Even if you give me a solo silent film, I will enjoy it.

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I get a phone call once every 18 months from some mad person who wants me to do something for less than no money and they give me about a week's notice. That's my film career, most of the time.

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Give me liberty or a bran muffin!

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I don't want to take the escalators. Give me the stairs that have the dips and the two old ladies that are blocking it and they've got an attitude, and they don't want you to go past them.

RJ Cyler

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Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.

Alexander McQueen

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My homies hold me down, really. I talk to Baby, Jeezy, Rozay, Nicki, everybody, from jail. Just call once in a while and holla at people like, 'Yo what's up? What's life like out there?' for people to give me a report of what's going on.

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I often write two books simultaneously. Usually one of them starts out as a fun experiment designed to give me a daily break from the real book I'm writing. And then that becomes a real book too.

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