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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We, the American people, clearly see the daunting forces we will undoubtedly face: terrorists, crime, drug gangs, the possibility of Euro-style debt riots, civil unrest or natural disaster.
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What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.
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I have a very introverted real personality.
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I just have always been so interested in the way actors and actresses present themselves to the world because I think it is very important and it affects the way people see you as an actor.
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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.