Kathryn Lasky Quotes
I have always been fascinated by paleontology and prehistoric people, and I've always thought that one of the most intriguing moments in human history was the birth of artistic imagination. I always loved those cave paintings.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.
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I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I think it's just as important to play new instruments as to play new pieces. The old ones are getting scarcer and the new ones more and more wonderful.
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I look forward to a time when my career in a place where I can get out of Los Angeles and find a nice small town like I grew up in to raise my family.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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Forget mung beans' reputation as healthy yet bland - used right, they soak up loads of flavour.
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Even fictional characters sometimes receive unwarranted medical opinions. Doctors have diagnosed Ebenezer Scrooge with OCD, Sherlock Holmes with autism, and Darth Vader with borderline personality disorder.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can work unless you're able to ground it in some kind of relationship.
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Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.
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I don't work out or watch what I eat – but I need to start so it doesn't catch up to me.
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Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!
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Broader social concerns within Muslim communities, such as discrimination, integration or socio-economic disadvantages, should be treated distinctively and not as part of counterterrorism agenda, which has been counter-productive.
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I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.
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The hijab is a symbol that we wear on our heads, but I want people to know that it is my choice. I'm doing it because I want to do it. I wanted people to see that you could still be really cute and modest at the same time.
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I want my music to sound good on whatever people are listening - laptop speakers, those crappy little white ones you get with your PC.
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When I hear from people who are struggling to put food on the table, I understand because I've been there.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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I have always been fascinated by paleontology and prehistoric people, and I've always thought that one of the most intriguing moments in human history was the birth of artistic imagination. I always loved those cave paintings.
