Deborah Copaken Kogan Quotes
I sell my first book to Random House, a memoir of my years as a war photographer, for twice my NBC salary.
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War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I've named it Justine.
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You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
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I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
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God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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I was an avid reader, but never thought seriously about writing a novel until I was in my thirties. I took no formal fiction-writing courses and never thought about these categories when I wrote my first novel.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete.
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I was a complete outsider in high school.
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Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.
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As a child, I wanted to go into advertising. I had a love affair with the advertising industry.
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I'm a slow starter.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road.
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If the constitution goes, I go.
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I think every player dreams to be No. 1 at some point.
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Reading is exercise for our brains in the guise of pleasure. Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good, they make us believe that we are better for having read them.
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While growing up, every sitcom you could think of, I would watch it, and I loved it.
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I just want to get the bad guys but if I can’t see them, I can’t shoot them.
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I'm always being inspired .
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I sell my first book to Random House, a memoir of my years as a war photographer, for twice my NBC salary.
