Mary Karr Quotes
I don't think I look like the pope's favorite Catholic - at least not under close scrutiny.
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I'm advocating that American citizens interested in democracy should stay out of chain stores.
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When Nelson Mandela walked free, the world sang with joy. Ever since, South Africa has stood as a beacon of hope for Africa.
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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.
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You get steely nerves playing poker.
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Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them.
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There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I trust a novelist to give me his or her best effort, however flawed.
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My father wouldn't let me take typing in childhood.
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I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the coverage I've received of the album that the musicians got wonderful reviews for their contributions and abilities. I think the four musicians played freely within my limits.
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Foreigners don't want to invest any more in France - and this is not working.
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You can't hit what you can't see.
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I'm actually developing a project so that I can have a lead.
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I was really ambitious, so I was innovative. I was one of the first DJs to do live calls, 'cause I found this phone device that would pick up other people's voices.
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If I don't like someone and I start reading their stuff, it seems like my brain will just automatically start criticizing everything that's there. It's really hard to read a book without having all this outside information telling you what to think about it.
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I profoundly feel that people are letting you down all the time.
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I was at a party three weeks prior to the murders at Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate's house.
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Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.
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I know quite a few fellow members of the news analysis and commentary business, and I have it from the highest-placed sources, on the record, that each and every one of our children is a genius.
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With more than 67 percent of the Nation's freight moving on highways, economists believe that our ability to compete internationally is tied to the quality of our infrastructure.
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Throughout all history, the great wise men and teachers, philosophers, and prophets have disagreed with one another on many different things. It is only on this one point that they are in complete and unanimous agreement. We become what we think about
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The (Catholic) church, as far as I know, has not endorsed any war as just since it supported General Franco's invasion of Spain to destroy the Spanish republic with a Muslim mercenary army in the thirties, on the side of Hitler.
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I don't think I look like the pope's favorite Catholic - at least not under close scrutiny.
