Kathi Appelt Quotes
Telling stories and having them received is so important. That dialogue is everything. I tell my students all the time that what separates us as human beings is our ability to hold stories. Our narrative history. There is so much power in that. Storytelling is our human industry.Kathi Appelt
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
J. Michael Straczynski -
I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
Karen Elson -
There's a lot more to me than just power.
Canelo Alvarez -
I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.
Adam Garcia -
Explosions are not comfortable.
Yevgeny Zamyatin -
As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
Olga Kurylenko
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As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.
Natalie Massenet -
I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
J. Michael Straczynski -
Something happens to a woman when she can't reproduce. I've not had to walk that path, but I can only imagine when your organs don't work and how that could make you feel.
Taraji P. Henson -
All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.
C. L. R. James -
I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
Vin Diesel -
A melody is not merely something you can hum.
Aaron Copland
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I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'
Nadia Comaneci -
You are doomed to make choices. This is life's greatest paradox.
Wayne Dyer -
I wasn't the kind of kid like Spielberg or Lucas who knew to go to film school. I didn't know at 12 what I was going to do; it took me until I was about 23. I studied journalism in college, but after school, I got a job in public television and I never worked as a journalist for one moment.
Nancy Meyers -
Some companies simply aren't meant to be bigger than they are. They provide products and services that satisfy their customers in a way that pays the bills, produces reasonable profits, and allows them to keep their people employed and fulfilled. And there's nothing whatsoever wrong with that.
Patrick Lencioni -
We were making new ones the second year. We were in syndication the second year. So we were on Saturday nights, prime time, every morning, and then they put it on Sunday evenings too. So it was all over the place.
Gavin MacLeod -
One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work hard, play by the rules, we do start back a little ways, but if we can be twice as good, somehow we can escape history and heritage and legacy.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It's enough. I'm enough. My kids are enough.
Brené Brown -
Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
Tammy Duckworth -
I hated to miss games... at the height of my career, I missed a lot of games due to... just a hamstring pull. And I hated sitting out. I just hated it. You play for your team, but you also play for the people who attend the games.
Jerry West -
The revenge of history is more powerful than the revenge of the most powerful General Secretary.
Leon Trotsky -
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
Anais Nin -
Telling stories and having them received is so important. That dialogue is everything. I tell my students all the time that what separates us as human beings is our ability to hold stories. Our narrative history. There is so much power in that. Storytelling is our human industry.
Kathi Appelt