Kathleen Troia McFarland Quotes
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.
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I'm not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I'm very close to.
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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I don't really set out to please anybody, and I don't think I ever have. I have occasionally been encouraged to try to write something specifically for the purpose of releasing it as a single to get radio play. Those are not my best songs, as a rule.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
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I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.
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The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
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Music I heard with you was more than music,And bread I broke with you was more than bread;Now that I am without you, all is desolate;All that was once so beautiful is dead.
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Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department.
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Comedy is a universal language. I grew up watching Nagesh, Surilirajan, Thenga Srinivasan and S.V. Shekhar's comedies. And, of course, Charlie Chaplin! These artists are so blessed: they can make other people happy.
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Being offended is part of being in the real world.
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Filmmaking is a much more collaborative thing than literature, so you know you're going to be working with a group of people at the start. You know it's going to be a compromise.
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In the real world, words don't automatically translate into deeds.
