Christina Baker Kline Quotes
Most people are remarkably resilient. Even those who have been through war or great loss often find reservoirs of strength. But the legacy of trauma is a heavy burden to bear.
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I try not to have favorites, but Barfly is one that I like. My favorite is always the one I just finished.
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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
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Comedians take a neat situation and turn it into a mess. And in my books I do the same thing, but it's the other way around. I like to mess around with mess. A mess is only a mess because someone tells you it is.
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I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
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Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything.
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At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.
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It would be a great adventure for Leicester to be in the Champions League.
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Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other.
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But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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The true believer is not someone who disengages from this world in order to focus on heaven, but rather the one who tries to make this world more like heaven.
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Getting a gun should be easy for good people and impossible for bad people. The only trick is telling the difference.
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Bin Laden was intelligent, well-informed, and low key. The people around him treated him with great deference, calling him 'sheikh,' a term of respect.
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You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't good enough.
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Most people are remarkably resilient. Even those who have been through war or great loss often find reservoirs of strength. But the legacy of trauma is a heavy burden to bear.
