Kathi Appelt Quotes
An entire nation, it seemed, was standing in one long breadline, desperate for even the barest essentials. It was a crisis of monumental proportions. It was known as the Great Depression.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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She's been on more laps than a napkin.
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You can't judge your characters or otherwise; it's not about you, it's about them.
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I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.
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I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.
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If you do not milk the cow fully, it falls sick.
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Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
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I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well.
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Time was God's first creation.
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I love dogs. I have a Golden Doodle and an Alaskan Klee Kai.
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I find Shakespeare terrifying. When Simon Russell Beale does a speech, I understand every word of it, but if I did the same speech, people would be going, 'Huh? What?'
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try and say something.
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As a person, to inspire some young girls and give them something to look at and give them something to play for, I think is such a great position to be in. I'm glad that I can follow all of the great Korean players' footsteps.
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I actually think there's a potential, a crazy potential, that network TV could become something valuable and worthwhile, just because of fear on the part of the networks.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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Rule A: Don't. Rule A1: Rule A doesn't exist. Rule A2: Do not discuss the existence or non-existence of Rules A, A1 or A2.
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It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are.
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Well, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on account of one person. If it wasn't for that person, you wouldn't be here digging holes in the hot sun. You know who that person is?" "My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.
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An entire nation, it seemed, was standing in one long breadline, desperate for even the barest essentials. It was a crisis of monumental proportions. It was known as the Great Depression.
