Kathy Bates Quotes
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
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Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.
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If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them.
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Because it is my second season with the team, no time has been wasted in getting to know the people I'm working with. I am aware of what the team is capable of and how the organisation works, and they are familiar with what makes me tick.
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People are struggling. They're trying to make ends meet, and they're looking for Washington to deliver for them. And they don't feel that that's been happening as quickly as it should. We share that frustration. There's no one more frustrated than President Obama.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.
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The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
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You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.
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I don't go on lunch dates with friends. I hear about people having dinner parties, but I never do that. I'm not really human.
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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
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It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no?
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Oklahoma is very entrepreneurial.
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I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry Fonda's son. Unfortunately for them, they never got to know me.
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I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.
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Momentum has always counted for something, not everything, but it's always perceived as being something that matters in American politics.
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The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.
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My 14-year-old grandniece is not allowed to watch 'American Horror Story' yet.
