Karen Maitland Quotes
People sense that our reaction to phenomena such as epidemics or religious war is not that different to how we reacted to plagues or to battles a millennia ago.
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My family loves to take me out, and we do regular things like go to the movies. My friends do that as well. At the same time, I love work and I want to be busy all the time!
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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I don't want to get too philosophical, but in a sense, you're given this gift, this sort of creative force in you, and I think everyone has it, and it's completely unique to you. And you as a person have a little bit of a responsibility as its shepherd if you choose to incorporate that into your life.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.
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I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty much the testing, the first flight testing of the space station arm.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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I know what poverty is.
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I was a writer before 'Eat, Pray, Love,' and I'll be a writer after it's over. It's what I want to do for the rest of my life.
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No, I don't have an agent. I'm hoping to get one soon.
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Fashion is this obsessive narrative that people don't understand but they can't stop looking at.
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I have never coasted down a hill of frozen rain.
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Word of mouth is the saving grace of us all. If you love something and you think your friend will love it, just talk about it.
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People sense that our reaction to phenomena such as epidemics or religious war is not that different to how we reacted to plagues or to battles a millennia ago.
