Katherine Dunn Quotes
But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write should be stomped on.
Katherine Dunn
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
Abu Bakar Bashir
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Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it's specificity that makes a good story. And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. It's just a group of white people hanging out talking about their jobs. Who cares? We've seen that.
Rachel Bloom
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
Barbara McClintock
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
Saint Ignatius
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We just here to do our job.
Quavo
Migos
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If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.
Laura Harrier
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Abraham Lincoln is singular. Abraham Lincoln, before he was killed, stood up and, you know, for the first time from any sitting president, stood for the right for suffrage for African-American men who had served in the Civil War. And that's a limited suffrage, but it was quite radical at the time.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
Zachary Levi
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I didn't develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.
Gary Wright
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I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my mom said, 'Not until you can drive yourself to auditions.'
Zooey Deschanel
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Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.
Adam Grant
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We're a phenomenally snobby society, and it's such a rich seam. The middle class is so funny: it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny.
Joanne Rowling
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Mack was getting frustrated. He spoke louder, 'But, don't I have a right to...' To complete a sentence without being interrupted? Not in reality. But as long as you think you do, you will surely get ticked off when someone cuts you off, even if it is God.
William P. Young
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At times, when I reach my saturation point, I go to some random place and throw my phone away.
Arijit Singh
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I think if you take good care of your skin, you can achieve better make-up.
Francois Nars
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You're dealing in magic-it's this intangible thing that has to happen. And to seek it out too much might not be a good idea. Because, you know, it's very shy, too. But once you've got the essence of them, you can work songs and improve them. You see if there's a better word, or a better change.
Tom Petty
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Seems like half my anxiety dreams are about airports.
Lois McMaster
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But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write should be stomped on.
Katherine Dunn
