Katori Hall Quotes
I never, ever read the comments below an article on the Web. People are mean. I'm a human being.
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It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.
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I am a very reclusive, private person.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.
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Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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'What's My Line' 1971 was a magical experience as I was still in my teens, and it was my first appearance. You know how they say you never forget 'your first'!
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I left Beijing in the late 1980s to live in Hong Kong because, having been blacklisted by the government, I couldn't publish my works on the mainland.
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I love rock n' rollers.
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I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.
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In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity - it is a prerequisite.
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Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing.
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All those people who go to NASCAR and sing country & western songs and live in Tennessee, they totally ignore me, they don't come to my shows, I just don't exist for them and they don't exist for me.
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One thing I've learned over these last 30 or 40 years is that people make history. There's no fait accompli to any of this.
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The adult fiction and writing for children portions of my MFA program were kept very separate, and there was a stigma around those 'kid people.'
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I never, ever read the comments below an article on the Web. People are mean. I'm a human being.
