Kathy Mattea Quotes
Whenever someone leaves, the next person that gets pulled in is somebody with similar values.
Quotes to Explore
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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The strongest institution in the hands of the European Union is the euro.
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Our international success started out first because we became the No. 1 casual wear brand in our home market of Japan. Then, we set up stores in the world's major fashion centers of New York, Paris and London.
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The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
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I can't inhabit my characters until I know what kind of work they do. This requires research because my jobs for the last decade have been author and professor, and I'd like to spare the world more author or professor novels.
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I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to do that, but I like the more natural styles.
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When writers don't know what to do with a character, they build up the supporting cast and universe to kind of hide that fact. After a while, you can no longer see the character for the underbrush. When that happens, you need to bring out the weed-whacker to clear some of that away so you can focus on the main character.
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Moonlight is sculpture.
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Each new generation needs to commit again to the foundations of our peaceful coexistence.
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One of the best things people could do for their descendents would be to sharply limit the number of them.
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I never want to pigeonhole myself or get typecast. I'm looking forward to my career and showing all of my range as an actress, and I'm looking at other mediums, too. I'm a theater actress first. And I cannot wait to return to the stage.
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I love drama - mum calls me a Drama Queen!
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Nequeunt oculis rerum primordia cerni.
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There is no more embarrassing thing in my life that the fact that I have actually uttered the phrase, 'I would like to order the Ginsu Knife.'
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Throughout my working life, I've been either one of very few women or the most senior woman in the place.
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I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.
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Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.
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The blues tells a story in itself. It can make you happy or give you a feeling to swing.
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I'm looking out for myself, but I'm looking out for my dad, too.
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I was training in an old garage - just a roof. And when its snowed, it would cover the floor, so I would have to clear this first. I didn't have a punch bag. There was no place to buy it, so I managed to get a speed ball, but it didn't have the swivel mechanism, so I just nailed it to the ceiling and started kicking.
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Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the people, he must put himself behind them. In this way, though he has his place above them, the people do not feel his weight; though he has his place before them, they do not feel it as an injury. Therefore all mankind delight to exalt him, and weary of him not.
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All of us show bias when it comes to what information we take in. We typically focus on anything that agrees with the outcome we want.
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I, as a human, do not become the power or love or wisdom of God; I merely contain Him who is all these, and everything.
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Whenever someone leaves, the next person that gets pulled in is somebody with similar values.
