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Ernest Gaines


American
January 15, 1933
Writer
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I write with as much objectivity as I can.


Ernest Gaines
Tags: Much I Can Write
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Today I must write a paragraph or a page better than I did yesterday.


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Tags: Than Did Better
There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past.
Ernest Gaines
Tags: Men Change Who
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?
Ernest Gaines
Tags: Men More Than
I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what manliness really is.
Ernest Gaines
Tags: Think Who Out
I think I'm a very religious person. I think I believe in God as much as any man does. I don't only believe in God, I know there's God.
Ernest Gaines
Tags: God Think Know
What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion, that old singing, that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being, of my writing.
Ernest Gaines
Grace under pressure isn't just about bullfighters and men at war. It's about getting up every day to face a job or a white boss you don't like but have to face to feed your children so they'll grow up to be a better generation.
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Tags: Men War You
I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our clothes, cooked our food, she did everything for us. I don't think I ever heard her complain a day in her life. She taught me responsibility towards my brother and sisters and the community.
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