Karen Thompson Walker Quotes
Sentences or solutions occur to me in the shower, or while running on the treadmill, or riding on the subway.
Quotes to Explore
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Coaching is the great passion of my life, and the job to me has always been an opportunity to work with our student athletes and help them discover what they want.
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I like going after good material, well-written material.
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I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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When I was little it was a great time for film-making, with stuff like Mike Nichols' 'Silkwood.' The films you see in that pre-secondary-school stage stay with you in a very particular way.
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Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns.
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The main thing I've learned is that we all have to learn to work with - and appreciate - the brain we've been given, and not waste time wishing things were easier.
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Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding.
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Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
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I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'
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I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties.
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I accidentally entered a youth pageant when I was 14. That's like a beauty pageant, but without the beauty. It was terrible.
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When I started out, the idea of comfort in shoes was almost a dirty word.
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I can't be bought. I don't need to be bought. I'm not a careerist. I don't need to have a career in politics. I'm in a very, very luxurious position, but I am in a position of strength.
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It's been a career filled with very low valleys and some wonderful, high peaks.
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Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.
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When the facts are on your side, there is huge power in pitching with questions. Because questions are active rather than passive. They necessitate a response.
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It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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Sentences or solutions occur to me in the shower, or while running on the treadmill, or riding on the subway.
