Kathryn Stockett Quotes
As I wrote, I found that Aibileen had some things to say that really weren't in her character. She was older, soft-spoken, and she started showing some attitude.
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People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.
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I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.
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I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.
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I need a little bass and I don't even need that crazy bass to break your face. I just want it to sound good when I have my favorite song.
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I think pregnancy, like life, is what you make it. I received a good hand. I'm thankful and blessed and so peaceful and can't wait to welcome my son.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why corrective action here is necessary.
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We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it.
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Yoga may look peaceful and calming, but even Arnold Schwarzenegger would have trouble breathing after twenty 'surya namaskars' in a row.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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We're the first not-white family to ever live in the governor's mansion. My son-in-law is Puerto Rican. I have a beautiful little granddaughter who is half Korean and half Latina. I'm the only white guy in the house.
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Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
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We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.
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When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
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My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.
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I see a lot of scripts, and very few of them leap off the page at you.
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Mankind is not special by virtue of our address in the universe, or what spins around us, or because life originated here. Slowly, but surely, we've been compelled to renounce the comfort of these beliefs.
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I'm lucky enough that directors sometimes seek me out for little projects that people don't even know about, that just surface later on.
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I think there's something about supernatural shows that people see and just want to put me in them! I don't know. I just finished another show - 'The Nine Lives of Chloe King,' with Skyler Samuels, who was my girlfriend in 'The Gates' - and I play another supernatural character on that show.
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I shall miss all the people in it and the great fun we had doing it. I enjoyed playing the character very much. It was a very, very special character and a very special series. And the camaraderie of it all. I loved it.
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I'm not going to say paint is an easy spruce-up. It takes time, it needs touch-ups, and you have to be very methodical. But it is worth it, and it isn't particularly expensive.
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When you're writing fiction, you're in every character 'cause you can't help it.
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I don't want to limit myself as a writer. Tastes change, and I want to keep my eye on the future.
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As I wrote, I found that Aibileen had some things to say that really weren't in her character. She was older, soft-spoken, and she started showing some attitude.
