Kristan Higgins Quotes

After about the age of 13, I was a romance addict. Still am, though I read just about every other genre as well. The only thing I really shy away from is political thrillers.

Kristan Higgins

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• On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.

  

  Iman
  • Thought
  • Birthday
  • Mail

• There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Real
  • Movie
  • Christmas

• Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon the dictum of learned authorities, but upon attentive personal observation of what is passing around us.

  

  Frances Wright
  • Time
  • Nature
  • Words

• You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.

  

  Sammy Sosa
  • You
  • Enjoy
  • Year

• When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling.

  

  Kara DioGuardi
  • Myself
  • Hair
  • Look

• Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Music
  • Look
  • Fans

• Pure art is a noble pursuit. Applied art is a business. That's one reason design firms have been so eager of late to add consulting and manufacturing to their core aesthetic competencies.

  

  Tahl Raz
  • Art
  • Business
  • Design

• If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.

  

  Adam Carolla
  • People
  • Place
  • Conservative

• I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.

  

  Daniel Espinosa
  • Good
  • Great
  • Pretty

• Small aim is a crime.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Small
  • Crime
  • Aim

• The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.

  

  Damon Albarn Blur
  • People
  • Work
  • Real

• All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Women
  • Man
  • Tragedy

• Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Good
  • Cool
  • Story

• The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your list because you no longer want to them.

  

  Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • Want
  • You
  • Thought

• Folks like me have to feel a little indebted to the communities that they came from. And if they do, I think we'll start to see a little bit more of a geographic integration in the country because people will start to think, 'You know what? I owe that place something, and I should return to it in one form or another.'

  

  J. D. Vance
  • People
  • Country
  • Me

• In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.

  

  Carla Bruni
  • Man
  • Fact
  • Hunter

• The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.

  

  Lance Burton
  • Think
  • Perfect
  • Beginning

• I have never made a game that wasn't explicitly about empowering players to tell their own story.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Game
  • Never
  • Story

• I was always accepted at par value. I wore the uniform of a Pan Am pilot; therefore, I must be a Pan Am pilot.

  

  Frank Abagnale
  • Value

• I like a little bit of revolution. I think it's a very good hobby for a young woman. Better than squash.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Good
  • Woman
  • Revolution

• The world is a fine place. The only thing wrong with it is us. How little justice and humility there is in us, how poorly we understand patriotism!

  

  Anton Chekhov
  • World
  • Justice
  • Humility

• You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don't feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.

  

  Arthur Ashe
  • Life
  • Up
  • Strong

• Life is not easy for anyone. Sometimes you don't see the challenges on the outside, but every single one of us has both those and everything that goes on inside as well. Give it your all. Dare to be all you can be.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Challenges

• After about the age of 13, I was a romance addict. Still am, though I read just about every other genre as well. The only thing I really shy away from is political thrillers.

  

  Kristan Higgins
  • Age
  • Political