Katherine Dunn Quotes
My background is standard American blue collar of the itchy-footed variety. We're new-world mongrels. The women in the family read horoscopes, tea leaves, coffee bubbles, Tarot cards and palms.
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Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.
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I'm sure I frustrate the trainers - in fact, I know I frustrate the trainers to no end. But I think there's a very fine line. I listen to their advice. I take their medical expertise very seriously. But then I also, the reason I am where I am, the reason I play the way I play, is because I push beyond normal.
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I wouldn't ever pose naked... I'm fine to do bikinis and certainly lingerie if I feel it's done tastefully... cute like Victoria's Secret, but nothing like raunchy or overly sexual.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
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Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.
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I hate thinking about clothes. I hate shopping.
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Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.
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I went to a lot of college camps when I was younger... You just admire those players because they're at a higher level than you at that time.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.
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I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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I like doing my own stunts.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.
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You don't have to be in love all the time, but you need to be surrounded by people you have a genuine connection with.
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Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.
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I'm actual thankful for the amount of responsibility that has been handed to me. I feel very honored.
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I plan to live on campus in a dormitory and to do all the things any other student of the law school might do: use the library, eat in the dining hall, attend classes.
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Who you gonna believe-me or your lying eyes?
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My background is standard American blue collar of the itchy-footed variety. We're new-world mongrels. The women in the family read horoscopes, tea leaves, coffee bubbles, Tarot cards and palms.
