Katie Kitamura Quotes
Generally speaking, there's some quality of compulsion that attaches itself to the idea of the list. It's true that lists organise the daily chaos of working life. But the impulse to make lists has to do with something more than either administrative practicalities or the record of a creative process.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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Peoples do not defy repression and death, nor do they remain for nights on end protesting energetically, just because of merely formal matters.
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In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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I liked animals better than people. That's one of the reasons I wanted to be a vet - then I found out that every pet had a person that owned 'em.
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I've learned to be more accepting of myself. I'm 37, not 18, and I've got the lines to prove it. I try to remind myself that a girl can have it all, just not all at once.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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I'm cold in summer. I'm the coldest person ever! It's very ironic I'm never cold in the scripts. Every time I'm shooting, if you don't see a part of me, there are hot water bottles there.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
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I love a vintage look that's also a bit rock n' roll.
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The crisis of the 1930s and the populist reactions of that time must not be forgotten.
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Sometimes you're writing a song and you have an image whilst writing a song. I don't think you ever base a songwriting process around a video, but when you're writing a song sometimes it'll be a very visual song.
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Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.
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A small state increases by concord; the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension.
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Every man meets his Waterloo at last.
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Generally speaking, there's some quality of compulsion that attaches itself to the idea of the list. It's true that lists organise the daily chaos of working life. But the impulse to make lists has to do with something more than either administrative practicalities or the record of a creative process.
