Christina Baker Kline Quotes
There's no question that my son is better prepared for college than I was. He manages his time better, is more efficient and more directed, and spends less time in lines and more time doing exactly what he sets out to do.
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I didn't know much about golf growing up.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collaborate with them. And it just didn't work.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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We don't exactly have the opposite interests to chimpanzees. However, things are not looking up for the chimpanzees, because we control their environment. Our interests are not perfectly aligned with theirs, and it turns out it's not easy to get interests aligned.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.
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Urban America is like a foreign country in a sense.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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When you don't know how to cook, you just say, 'I need something quick,' and then you fry something up. Now that I cook, I think, 'Do I want to have fried fish, baked fish, or grilled fish?'
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In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
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Every time I touch the ball, I think I'm going to go all the way. I think I'm going to score a touchdown. I'm the runner I am because I think that I'm going to go all the way every single time I touch the ball.
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Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play.
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I happen to be a huge 'Lord of the Rings' fan. I do an annual marathon of the extended editions.
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Whenever someone comes up to me and says, 'I'm having trouble shopping.' I tell them to pull out their 10 favorite, most-worn pieces, then build a wardrobe around them. Those staples are going to be different for everybody.
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Feminists have confused opportunity with outcome.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record.
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There's no question that my son is better prepared for college than I was. He manages his time better, is more efficient and more directed, and spends less time in lines and more time doing exactly what he sets out to do.
