Katherine Webb Quotes
The majority of my family is Auburn fans, and I grew up watching Auburn football, and that's always who I've cheered for.
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What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.
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The most significant barrier to female leadership is the actual lack of females in leadership. The best advice I can give to women is to go out and start something, ideally their own businesses. If you can't see a path for leadership within your own company, go blaze a trail of your own.
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My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
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The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.
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I know what my comfort zones are. But without a back-up, I will never step out of my comfort zone. I don't go bungee jumping; I won't jump from the third floor without a safety net. I don't do such things. That's not my personality type.
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I didn't grow up listening to The Smiths, but now I am a fan. I love his music and listened to so much of it for the film. It's not a regular biopic; they picked a part of his life that people don't really know about. You learn what informs his lyrics.
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All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.
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Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
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It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
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I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future; nay, we see from experience that the forecasts even of the wise almost always turn out false.
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Saddam Hussein was an odious dictator, but he was also a very effective opponent of Iran. He was also a very effective opponent of al-Qaida.
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A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
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I did charity events with the Cup all the time.
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You can run 20km, 80, 100, and if there's no spirit between the players, the coaches, as colleagues, it won't come out as well.
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There is nothing like a live performance. You can look at things on television, and you can look at things on YouTube, but when you get in a room full of people and you say one joke, and everyone's laughing at the same thing, it's a really great experience.
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There are so few books for little kids that actually mention the word transgender and explain what it is in simple terms.
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I am so happy I have been able to channel all the things that I went through when I was younger and make them into something positive.
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The majority of my family is Auburn fans, and I grew up watching Auburn football, and that's always who I've cheered for.
