Ruth Ozeki
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We have tears in our eyes ROALD DAHL Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. [Stanford] SEX AND THE CITY Oh my God, she's fashion road-kill! SEX AND THE CITY Maybe mistakes are what make our fate... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had ne... SEX AND THE CITY MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I don't think she's a lesbian. I think she just ran out of men. [Charlotte] SEX AND THE CITY MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS It's a slippery slope, Carrie. Without boundaries you never know what might happen. [Miranda] SEX AND THE CITY Middle-Age Girls Gone Wild. SEX AND THE CITY You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suctio... SEX AND THE CITY Desperate Housewives. SEX AND THE CITY I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it. SEX AND THE CITY MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS 'Rome' vital to HBO TV empire. SEX AND THE CITY Suicide is not glamorous and should not be portrayed in a glamorous light. SEX AND THE CITY When Charlotte really liked somebody she said their whole name. It helped her picture their future m... SEX AND THE CITY MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely ... SEX AND THE CITY You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suctio... SEX AND THE CITY Middle-Age Girls Gone Wild. SEX AND THE CITY They practically chased me with torches like I was Fuckenstein! [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY I don't know. I moved to L.A. to be a rock star and a comedian, and now I'm a contributor to Cosmopo... SEX AND THE CITY It was a typical downtown male mix. Ten percent Wall Street, ten percent real estate, and ten percen... SEX AND THE CITY The only one who should have to pay for a bad relationship is the person in your next relationship. ... SEX AND THE CITY Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something ... SEX AND THE CITY MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Maybe all men are a drug. Sometimes they bring you down and sometimes, like now, they get you so hig... SEX AND THE CITY What's the big mystery? It's my vagina, not the sphinx! [Miranda] SEX AND THE CITY In starlit nights I saw you,ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN WALT DISNEY COMPANY CANDACE BUSHNELL L.J. SMITH MONTY PYTHON When we put LIVE backwards it spells EVIL, interesting how one word can have two totally opposing me... GARY F EVANS... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS They practically chased me with torches like I was Fuckenstein! [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY It's my birthday. I'm officially old. [Carrie on her 35th Birthday] SEX AND THE CITY Sean (while ice-skating with Carrie): I'm guessing it's easier to balance when you're not smoking. SEX AND THE CITY I want you to look at me, connect with me. This is lovemaking, it's not a porno flick. [Maria] SEX AND THE CITY MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Hi, Mrs. Collier. I'm a Jew now. How are you? [Charlotte] SEX AND THE CITY the lights fade to black. SEX AND THE CITY You shouldn't have to sacrifice who you are just because somebody else has a problem with it. SEX AND THE CITY Everybody wonders what happens after you die[Carrie] I'm too busy wondering who's dinging my car in ... SEX AND THE CITY I’ve done the merry-go-round, I’ve been through the revolving doors, I feel like I’ve met some... SEX AND THE CITY There are no available men in their thirties in New York. Giuliani had them removed along with the h... SEX AND THE CITY Men in their forties are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle: tricky, complicated, and y... SEX AND THE CITY Courtney (Showing Carrie her book cover): Let me talk you through it. Blurred background, aah, fast-... SEX AND THE CITY F*** me badly once, shame on you. F*** me badly twice, shame on me. SEX AND THE CITY Hasty Pudding is no small potatoes (sorry to mix the food references), known for its famous alumni a... SEX AND THE CITY Sex and the City. SEX AND THE CITY Despite the fact that there are over eight million people on the island of Manhattan, there are time... SEX AND THE CITY MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I think it's romantic when someone offers me a seat on the subway. [Carrie] SEX AND THE CITY Someone once said that two halves make a whole. And when two halves move in together, it makes a who... SEX AND THE CITY No lady likes to dance or dine, accompanied by a porcupine. Burma Shave. SEX AND THE CITY From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be truehe probably is. [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS the sort of person who'd back Proposition 14. SEX AND THE CITY You in a threesome? You won't even wear a thong! [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY the sort of person who'd back Proposition 14. SEX AND THE CITY I admit it's tempting to wish for the perfect boss - the perfect parent - or the perfect outfit. But... SEX AND THE CITY I don't believe in the Republican party or the Democratic party. I just believe in parties. [Samanth... SEX AND THE CITY Junkyard Wars. SEX AND THE CITY The only thing worse than a liar is a bad liar. [Lucy Liu] SEX AND THE CITY Desperate Housewives. SEX AND THE CITY It's a slippery slope, Carrie. Without boundaries you never know what might happen. [Miranda] SEX AND THE CITY It's not the beef, Henry. It's the last 23 years! SEX AND THE CITY She can reach me, but I can't ever get her. [Big] SEX AND THE CITY I don't see color, I see conquests.[Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free til they find someone ju... SEX AND THE CITY I'm looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't-live-without-each-other ... SEX AND THE CITY The Indians had to wait up to six months for a response. It took me six months to get the message th... SEX AND THE CITY Lord of the Strings. SEX AND THE CITY Don't you want to stand still with me? SEX AND THE CITY My Zen teacher also said: the only way to true happiness is to live in the moment and not worry abou... SEX AND THE CITY MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Yeah, I would love to. I don't know if I'd do another singing one. SEX AND THE CITY Bellhop: "this is a non-smoking floor."Carrie: "I have an addiction sir!" SEX AND THE CITY Having money isn't the answer but it makes your life a hell of a lot nicer. If you have the choice t... SEX AND THE CITY Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. There was no one there. SEX AND THE CITY MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with your... SEX AND THE CITY The only thing worse than a liar is a bad liar. [Lucy Liu] SEX AND THE CITY I once was broken up with by a guy's doorman. 'I'm sorry Ms. Hobbes, Jonathan won't be coming down. ... SEX AND THE CITY A stud is born! [Stanford] SEX AND THE CITY
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When I'm writing a novel, which is what I like to write, I get up early, sit zazen, make a pot o... RUTH OZEKI Writing is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories. RUTH OZEKI I live in a beautiful part of British Columbia, and I run through the rainforest. I do have to look ... RUTH OZEKI It made me sad when I caught myself pretending that everybody out there in cyberspace cared about wh... RUTH OZEKI There's something about Vonnegut's deadpan irony that I really like. And I like Borges' ... RUTH OZEKI There's something about the idea of writing, and thinking about writing as a form of prayer - th... RUTH OZEKI The only time they ever throw anything away is when it's really and truly broken, and then they make... RUTH OZEKI On the far side stretched the open Pacific and beyond, but the crow could not fly high enough to see... RUTH OZEKI Inspiration comes from everything from the entire world, and it's hard to pinpoint one thing. I ... RUTH OZEKI Even though I was making documentaries, my films had fictional elements to them. I think I like blur... RUTH OZEKI It makes me nuts, the idea that if you put a political struggle at the heart of your book, then it h... RUTH OZEKI I think that all writing is in search of lost time. I'm starting to realise that very clearly. RUTH OZEKI Fiction is an elemental force, which has the power to shape reality in its own image - or images, I ... RUTH OZEKI Any independent bookstore that has managed to survive is the best place to do a reading. RUTH OZEKI People have always heard voices. Sometimes they're called shamans, sometimes they're called ... RUTH OZEKI To study the self is to forget the self. Maybe if you sat enough zazen, your sense of being a solid,... RUTH OZEKI For a writer, you definitely do not want to be in the mainstream. You want to be on the edge because... RUTH OZEKI Patience was part of his nature, and he accepted his lot as a short-lived mammal, scurrying in and o... RUTH OZEKI It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a ream of paper from ... RUTH OZEKI I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to wr... RUTH OZEKI I've always played that edge of fact and fiction. I used to be a filmmaker, and certainly in fil... RUTH OZEKI I would like to think of my 'ignorance' less as a personal failing and more as a massive cultural tr... RUTH OZEKI The relationship between reader and writer is reciprocal in a way. We co-create each other. We are c... RUTH OZEKI I did documentary film for a long time, and I spent a lot of time behind the camera, fervently wishi... RUTH OZEKI Information is a lot like water; it's hard to hold on to, and hard to keep from leaking away. RUTH OZEKI Am I crazy?" she asked. "I feel like I am sometimes."RUTH OZEKI In your diary, you quoted old Jiko saying something about not-knowing, how not-knowing is the most i... RUTH OZEKI In my heart, I am American, and I believe I have a free will and can take charge of my own destiny. RUTH OZEKI My mind is like a gyre, and odd juxtapositions happen. RUTH OZEKI When I start writing these novels, I go into them with a spirit of inquiry rather than to substantia... RUTH OZEKI Maybe all teenagers feel like they don't fit in. I never felt like a cool kid. I remember being ... RUTH OZEKI BABE RUTH BABE RUTH Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult ... RUTH HANDLER RUTH BENEDICT RUTH BENEDICT RUTH BEECHICK RUTH STOUT RUTH BENEDICT RUTH BENEDICT RUTH HUBBARD BABE RUTH RUTH STOUT RUTH HUBBARD BABE RUTH RUTH REICHL RUTH REICHL BABE RUTH BABE RUTH RUTH REICHL I don't make any notes, but I do know where to find things. Suppose I need to know where Wexford... RUTH RENDELL Of course, to publish something, you have to write it, polish it, then hire out the line editing, co... RUTH GLICK Cleaning isn't all that interesting to me. I'm disorganized. RUTH WILSON They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women. RUTH HANDLER RUTH REICHL [Publishers Weekly said] 13 Steps Down ... all her trademark virtues: vivid characters, a plot addic... RUTH RENDELL One of my desert island books, 'The Leopard' is not so much a novel as a eulogy for a way of... RUTH WARE Both my parents had strokes. My father had several, but the last one was fatal. It's a horribly ... RUTH RENDELL You wont hear anything from me that says I didn't kill David. I did kill him. RUTH ELLIS Don't criticize in the sack. Discuss constructively later. RUTH WESTHEIMER It is obvious that when I shot him I intended to kill him. RUTH ELLIS To exist, the triangle demands three complementary elements: love, power and danger. Mixed incautiou... RUTH HARRIS We're now role models, so if we see a piece of garbage, we'd better pick it up. RUTH MILLER I grew up in an area of Ireland where there weren't many black or mixed-race children. But I nev... RUTH NEGGA 'Betrayed' starts off with Shane Gallagher rescuing Elena Reyes and a group of hostages from... RUTH GLICK I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humili... RUTH RENDELL Oh, I gave some to my neighbor next door. RUTH MAHL If the relationship is not a good one, then she’s going to use menopause as a reason for saying, ... RUTH WESTHEIMER Don't criticize in the sack. Discuss constructively later. RUTH WESTHEIMER BABE RUTH If you treat a sick child like an adult and a sick adult like a child, everything usually works out ... RUTH CARLISLE And I can promise you that we're not going to go to the Coastal Plain and come back with a three-buc... CHARLES RUTH Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, to... RUTH WESTHEIMER RUTH GRAHAM She certainly wasn't comfortable today. RUTH AITKEN We feel it is important over the length of the tournament that we use all 12 players and we have ful... RUTH AITKEN I have learned more than they have, because I had to study so hard. And I think, it's peace that you... RUTH ADKINS It really goes back to when we abandoned the draft, RUTH ADAMS It's not a philosophy. It's religion. There are no television ads for our product during those hours... RUTH GARREN RUTH BENEDICT RUTH GORDON RUTH GORDON That grocery store, that was something. You would be just tickled to go in there and pick out any ca... RUTH JOHNSON The side of his face had gone numb so he went to a dentist, but was told he should see a doctor as w... RUTH LIGGETT RUTH REICHL RUTH REICHL RUTH REICHL People are still being put into geriatric wards when they don't need it. They need treatment, no... RUTH RENDELL I get up just before six and come downstairs, put food out for the cats, and open the cat flap. Then... RUTH RENDELL To me... San Francisco is an ideal city, intellectually stimulating and naturally beautiful. The oce... RUTH BERNHARD RUTH REICHL I am absolutely clear that the scandal of junk food served every day in school canteens must end. So... RUTH KELLY Peter Pan is kind of this metaphor for someone or something that makes you feel at home, that brings... RUTH B It's a very ambitious plan and a very good plan for the town. We need senior housing in town, and th... RUTH BIRTZ You can still find buttons for 5 cents, but a single button can go into the hundreds, even thousands... RUTH MEYERS I thought it was a prank. There is no way six different major labels trying to reach out to me. But ... RUTH B Nobody will go on being remembered for a very long time, unless you're Shakespeare or Milton. I ... RUTH RENDELL After my husband spell-checks one of my manuscripts, my editor says, 'It's been Normanized.&... RUTH GLICK We get more complaints now because of the cost. Insurance companies are looking at limiting benefits... RUTH CASE People who have had a stroke and are recovering from it love being read to... especially by someone ... RUTH RENDELL She's a good setter. And we have more than one weapon, so she has a variety of hitters to go to. Tha... RUTH HAYDEN I love J. K. Rowling. If I could meet any person, I would meet her. RUTH B Honour looked so much like a child herself, confined to bed, a white nightgown, like one of those ma... RUTH AHMED RUTH REICHL Most southeastern states are conservative. CHARLES RUTH RUTH PORAT RUTH PORAT We may end up doing that this year just out of curiosity. DAWN RUTH (Temecula) wasn't hitting their shots tonight, but you don't have to shoot great if you're getting s... KURT RUTH Difficulty? It's impossible. Are they afraid the tourists will leave if they know they are being spr... RUTH FISHER Develop a simple plan to fully identify expenses and match to available savings, income, scholarship... RUTH LYTTON Fires can do anything. It's still a ways away from Palm Springs at this point. What I think is more ... RUTH WINSTROM RUTH GRAHAM RUTH ROSS RUTH BENEDICT RUTH BENEDICT When people lose their ties to the land they grow corrupt. Inevitably, they grow corrupt. RUTH ALMOG BABE RUTH RUTH REICHL BABE RUTH RUTH BENEDICT BABE RUTH A fox is a wolf who sends flowers. RUTH BROWN BABE RUTH RUTH PORAT BABE RUTH RUTH REICHL I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful. RUTH HANDLER RUTH REICHL RUTH REICHL RUTH REICHL BABE RUTH We always know when we are awake that we cannot be dreaming even though when actually dreaming we fe... RUTH RENDELL RUTH ROSS RUTH REICHL The knives of jealousy are honed on details. RUTH RENDELL RUTH REICHL He who climbs a cliff may die on the cliff, so what? Always a risk-taker by nature, now I became one... RUTH PARK RUTH REICHL When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause. RUTH BROWN BABE RUTH An orgasm is just a reflex, like a sneeze RUTH WESTHEIMER RUTH ROSS If you're chained to a computer all day, you're not using up much energy, even if you drag y... RUTH GLICK In fact, if one person is unkind to an animal it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of peo... RUTH HARRISON He thinks that he’s not attracted to her because he doesn’t know that there’s no psychogenic e... RUTH WESTHEIMER RUTH REICHL RUTH REICHL The general public may not realize these gifted service member-musicians work full time at this. All... RUTH EZELL My mother had multiple sclerosis. RUTH RENDELL Jess is an exciting young shooter who shows great maturity in her game. RUTH AITKEN RUTH REICHL Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about l... RUTH WESTHEIMER A fox is a wolf who sends flowers. RUTH WESTON Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is small. RUTH GENDLER RUTH GORDON BABE RUTH RUTH REICHL It's just been good for making them think how they can keep learning and we can keep challenging the... RUTH AITKEN It has been a nice surprise for people to see the PSP on the shelves. We have still got free stock a... RUTH ADAMS RUTH PORAT RUTH REICHL RUTH REICHL It had to stop - we were carrying about a million deer in South Carolina, and we don't need one mill... CHARLES RUTH RUTH REICHL Walden Pond? You mean like Thoreau? RUTH SAUNDERS I would take my kitchen apart. I would completely clean the stove and refrigerator, and take the dis... RUTH GLAZIER BABE RUTH BABE RUTH BABE RUTH BABE RUTH I've always thought that, as a romance writer, I had the best job in the world. I sit around all... RUTH GLICK BABE RUTH BABE RUTH BABE RUTH RUTH HUBBARD I don't know that we'll be able to sell, statewide, anything less than a five-buck limit. CHARLES RUTH My favourite book - 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford, which I have read about 20 times ... RUTH RENDELL Try to look at everything through the eyes of a child. RUTH DRAPER There were times that Harvey (Fuqua), myself, B.B King, we almost had to go to jail to sing this stu... RUTH BROWN For me, the perfect romantic suspense hero has got to be tough on the outside but tender at his core... RUTH GLICK I always vaguely knew I wanted to perform, but I haven't got the greatest singing voice and my d... RUTH WILSON RUTH REICHL I'm very fond of Tennessee Williams' plays, and when my husband and I went to New Orleans in... RUTH RENDELL BABE RUTH RUTH REICHL My brother and I do trivia quizzes all the time. RUTH B You wont hear anything from me that says I didn't kill David. I did kill him. RUTH ELLIS I always say yes to everything because I always feel that whatever comes my way, life meant for me. RUTH BERNHARD (The Titans) changed some shots, and at times, we were looking for someone to come over. As an offen... KURT RUTH Direct selling offers huge potential for sales as a small business owner or entrepreneur. BusinessTV... RUTH KING RUTH REICHL It takes a while to get in a rhythm, but we kept breaking them down, breaking them down and fortunat... RUTH VOSTAL I've been in the business 25 years and I have never signed a piece of paper in a room that night wit... RUTH VITALE I see people in tears, not wanting to give up their dog but not knowing what to do anymore. RUTH MARQUARDT Unless there is serious reform there, the euro won't regain investor confidence. RUTH LEA BABE RUTH BABE RUTH BABE RUTH Bette Davis is my hero. I'm obsessed with her. I base everything I do on her. RUTH NEGGA
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Forever is a long long time and time has a way of changing things 
I make mistakes. That's what I do. I 
I love you." she whispered into the rough wool of his sweater. 
And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three,... 
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The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. 
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A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn. 
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I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run. 
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Without words to objectify and categorize our sensations and place them in relation to one another, ... 
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Feast of Thomas the Apostle If God doesn't bring judgment on America soon, He will have to apolo... 
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Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart. 
In this game, by trying to win; you automatically lose. 
So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular? 
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