Kathryn Stockett Quotes
That white uniform was her 'pass' to get into white places with us - the grocery store, the state fair, the movies. Even though this was the 70s and the segregation laws had changed, the 'rules' had not.
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Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.
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I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.
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I don't think our music has much to do with math rock.
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Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.
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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
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People will tell you that you can't do it, no matter what you are trying to do, so you just have to really keep at it.
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I didn't know I wanted to be a gymnast; I was just introduced to the gym. I loved the place because it looked like a hi-tech playground with mats and a lot of things I can hang from.
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We won't be in any reggae publications or websites.
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You don't just have a story - you're a story in the making, and you never know what the next chapter's going to be. That's what makes it exciting.
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Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
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To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.
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The thing that's great about those guys at Miramax is the Weinstein brothers. They are the two funniest guys I've ever met in my life.
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I was never someone that was attached to any party. You know, I've always been an independent person. I'd like to remain like that.
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I usually spend Valentines Day with my friends. But if I did have a girlfriend, I'd bring her flowers and candy.
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If you stand up for women, then don't bash me.
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Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.
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That's kind of the weird thing that M. Night Shyamalan has sort of unleashed upon the world is this need for every movie to have these ridiculous endings.
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I need to stress that I could not be more supportive of great teachers and great teaching, no matter what kind of delivery vehicle they are teaching through. We have to support great teachers. They just have to be freed up to do what they do best.
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I'm a combative person, I know I am, and the greatest thing about law school was I learned to fight with my brain. I clarified something to myself. No matter how much you want to live in the white man's world, you either live by what you believe in, or you die.
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You know what no one tells you about driving a truck? You are driving a truck. There are only side mirrors, and it does not handle like a Prius.
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However you disguise novels, they are always biographies.
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That white uniform was her 'pass' to get into white places with us - the grocery store, the state fair, the movies. Even though this was the 70s and the segregation laws had changed, the 'rules' had not.
