Kathleen Kennedy Quotes
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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I have spent a lot of time listening to people who are serving life sentences and getting to know them and the circumstances of their lives. I have never met anyone serving a long prison sentence who had anything close to what I could call a childhood; instead, the upbringings always - always - involve extreme situations of poverty and abuse.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative.
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Life is like an analogy.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I hated school so bad. I only liked art class during high school. I was always smart.
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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I grew up in a little funny town called Xuzhou, in the countryside, very poor. We didn't have hot water. We were four children: three girls and a boy.
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When people think of someone being prolific, it's like, 'He's got a vault with 5,000 songs in it,' or something, but I just kind of pick them out of the air when they float by.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I say 'no' to nothing, 'yes' to moderation. That's how I approach everything. No matter if it's candy or foie gras. When you have the real deal, you're satisfied with that one bite. I say go full throttle and call it a day.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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I think when people watch a lot of artists, they're expecting this showiness, and I'm cracking jokes with people. I'm heckling back. I'm interacting.
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The fact that Americans drag around the world by the busloads to glimpse the past probably has something to do with the youth of our country. We revere anything older than George Burns.
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Chart positions aren't the be all and end all.
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Written language must be considered as a particular psychic reality. The book is permanent; it is an object in your field of vision. It speaks to you with a monotonous authority which even its author would not have. You are fairly obliged to read what is written.
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I am a woman like any other and ugly things happen to me like any other women.
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It's funny where life can take you.
