K. A. Applegate Quotes
I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.
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I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.
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A real totalitarianism is at work in the world and wants to impose its views not only on Arab Muslims, but on the West. The same way that they veil women, Islamic radicals want to veil cartoons in the press.
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I'm an actress, not a pinup.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
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I am a crazy Maverick fan. I would go there if Dallas was a great entertainment center.
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I never really fitted in, because I've always been interested in really dark things.
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Google has been an amazing benefit for our business. People understand the whole world of mapping and want to do more than not get lost. They want to do spatial analytics. It's been fantastic for us.
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Imagination creates some big monsters.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out of the country, because that was where the racial tension was the greatest.
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I'll give it a shot. But I don't know that a year from now I'm going to be here. Nobody does.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I think a lot of concern of the people in the north is that one hears constant reports in talking to them is about militarisation and the presence of the army, the entry of the army into civic life, into the economy, the lack of a political settlement.
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'No one can make you successful; the will to success comes from within.' I've made this my motto. I've internalized it to the point of understanding that the success of my actions and/or endeavors doesn't depend on anyone else, and that includes a possible failure.
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I think I'm happier, not just because of winning Grammys and selling records, but because it's really fulfilling to have all these things happen with something you love to do.
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I will write another book if I feel like it.
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The reason that the book exists is because there was a gap in you. You wrote the book to fulfill that gap in some way.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
