Katori Hall Quotes
Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun.
Quotes to Explore
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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I think beauty can be everywhere.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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I was a huge comic book fan as a kid. The only problem I had with comic books is how expensive they got. I didn't have a lot of money, so I had to be very specific about what I wanted to collect. I think they're all somewhere in the basement of my folks' house.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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What man is there, surrounded though he be with the love of wife and children, who does not retain a memory of the romantic affection of boys for each other? Having felt it, he could scarcely have forgotten it, and if he never felt it, he missed one of the most golden of the prizes of youth, unrecapturable in mature life.
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
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We don't worry about the integrity of our game. I'm more focused on the atmosphere in the arena, and that's something we're comfortable with going forward.
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Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.
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Jack Nicklaus is the greatest winner I've ever seen.
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For a lot of people, it's a massive deal to be on the front row at Fashion Week and look perfect. I don't go to be seen; I go to look at the collections and support my friends, like Henry, Giles and Jonathan Saunders. As much as I love clothes and shopping, it doesn't drive me.
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I've seen people pass away. I've seen how fragile life is.
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I used to be naive. I didn't realize the value of being a whole performer... People start to care about you when they know more about you and see different aspects of your personality.
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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun. I liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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You all have the potential to be what you wanna be.
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The market is now looking for some further rate hikes in the U.S. and that is going to keep the dollar supported in the near-term.
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Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun.
