Kathryn Lasky Quotes
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I was raised in Topanga Canyon. It's an eclectic community up in the Santa Monica mountains. A lot of musicians lived there - Joni Mitchell, Neil Young - as well as artists and craftspeople.
Inara George -
That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
Adam Jones -
My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
S. T. Joshi -
The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
Patrick Murray -
On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.
Candace Parker -
I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.
Utada Hikaru
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
Quentin Crisp -
Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
Orville Wright -
I am always plagued with 'I'm not skinny enough, I'm not in shape.' I am not naturally this super-svelte kind of girl. I'm okay with that in my personal life. But it is kind of hard at times. I feel inadequate, I suppose?
Olivia Thirlby -
Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm required two syllables.
Vernon Duke -
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
Pablo Picasso -
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
Oliver Herford
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
Nat King Cole -
In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair -
I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
Gary Lineker -
I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.
Randy Jackson Breakfast Club -
Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
D. B. Sweeney -
I never met a stripe I didn't like.
Edgardo Osorio
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Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.
Mark Twain -
I've been interested in watching the level of conservative misinformation that circulates through the media.
David Brock -
The number of people writing poems is vast, and their reasons for doing so are many, that much can be surmised from the stacks of submissions.
Mark Strand -
As a child, I was a clown. I didn't hesitate to make a fool of myself and I would love to completely take on wacky characters.
Gemma Ward -
He who, when he hath the power, doeth not good, when he loses the means will suffer distress. There is not a more unfortunate wretch than the oppressor; for in the day of adversity nobody is his friend.
Saadi -
I believe that reading widely is the best preparation for writing.
Kathryn Lasky