Katherine Ryan Quotes
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My husband and I, when we had our five children and they were grown, we thought we were entitled to grandchildren. And so we were just expecting this to happen; of course, nothing was happening. And then we kept begging, bribing, cajoling, anything - threatening to adopt our own grandchildren - and finally, we got some grandchildren.
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I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
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Be curious, not judgmental.
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It's not as if there's a noise problem, because they use the same circuits as Formula One.
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There was something so immensely redemptive and exciting for me to imagine that my unknown father was not just a man who had abandoned me but a noble man of adventure who had no choice.
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In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner.
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When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.
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It's important for people to recognize that they shouldn't ignore symptoms like shortness of breath or a cough that won't go away, because these may be signs of COPD.
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You can love someone like your son, even if he's not your biological son, and you can love someone like your father, even if he's not your biological father.
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Nothing is wasted.
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I liked Michael Jackson and used to practice his steps. I enjoy dancing!
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Around here, ma’am, if folks got they mouth open, if they ain’t eating then they lying.
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One night I realized that when you give people understanding and encouragement a funny little meek childish look abashes their eyes, no matter what they've been doing they weren't sure it was right - lambies all over the world.
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Give time for a worthy cause (with eagerness) - you will be worthy and richly rewarded.
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Serious reflexion about one's own character will often induce a curious sense of emptiness; and if one knows another person well, one may sometimes intuit a similar void in him. (This is one of the strange privileges of friendship.)
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(Never thought I'd be telling Malcolm and Ilya the same thing...
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The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing 'Tosca'.
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'Big Day Out' is one of our favourite festivals, it's such an eclectic mix of so many different things and it's really about music - which is what a good festival should be about. The reaction from the fans in that part of the world rivals our greatest territories and the kids are always very rabid and very appreciative of us being there, so we're super excited to get back.
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But the line of thought that I'd been chasing for several days was implicit in the ruins of the old Roman Empire, which gradually destroyed itself by substituting the faith in a legion of miraculous words for the strength of armies and the weight of walls.
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Most of the places I've been, I've been a main piece of the puzzle.
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I wasn't looking for another marriage. I had been married before. He is a nice man - a geologist, an Ernest Hemingway type. But Paul and I married because of convention.
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I'm nearly see-through. Like a jellyfish.
