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 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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The martyrologies are catalogues in which are to be found the names of the saints with the days and places of their deaths and, generally, with the distinctive character of their sanctity and with an historic summary of their lives.
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Oh, I think Janie Bryant is a genius. I mean, I think she changed menswear almost single-handedly with what she did on 'Mad Men.'
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For four years doing that same character all the time kind of bothered me. Butit opened up a lot of doors.
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Watching NASCAR with my wife is like taking a test. Every single turn, she has a question. Now, here's the problem. Sometimes her questions actually make sense. I don't have an answer for them. So, I have to that guy thing and go Pfft! You ever hear your man do that, ladies? That means he doesn't know the answer, but he's thinking.
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In every great novel, who is the hero all the time? Not any of the characters, but some unnamed and nameless flame behind them all.
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Nobody has a money problem - there are only idea problems.
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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.
