Kathleen Edwards Quotes
You're reluctant to give too much away when you're going to put it out there for other people. It's harder writing your truest fears and loves and guilts, because you're not sure when you're writing the right story.
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.
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Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
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An employee who's one of hundreds, rather than one of a few, is unlikely to feel personally responsible for helping the organization adapt and change.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.
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My kids are the future of the Mayweather family and of the Mayweather brand. I feel our family is stronger if we stay together.
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I feel very English. I'm proud of it. I wanted there to be a thread connecting everything, the songs, clothes, artwork, even the string arrangements. It all creates a certain atmosphere.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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I do have a television over there - it was a gift - but I never turn it on. I'd rather read a book.
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When you're the victim of the behavior, it's black and white; when you're the perpetrator, there are a million shades of gray.
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To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
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What we call the freedom of the individual is not just the luxury of one intellectual to write what he likes to write but his being a voice which can speak for those who are silent.
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If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up.
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If you can out last that discomfort! I guarantee you baby; on the other side of it is success.
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You're reluctant to give too much away when you're going to put it out there for other people. It's harder writing your truest fears and loves and guilts, because you're not sure when you're writing the right story.
