Karen Joy Fowler Quotes
I assume that we are all limited by our own brains and experiences and can only understand other people and other creatures through a kind of translation that brings them closer to us.
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Because I'm a big guy, I was always playing the bad guy or whatever, but after I did 'The Blind Side,' where I played a father who's a really loving, likeable sort of person, a lot of those barriers were broken down. People saw me as something softer, not so much as a heavy anymore.
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I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
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People are like, 'Was it hard growing up mixed?' 'Did you not fit in?' and I'm like, 'No? What? That's the dumbest question ever.'
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A fashion show is like a 10-minute play, but there's all this anticipation; Everyone arriving, finding their seats, then there's 10 minutes of people walking past and clothes and music, then the whole thing is finished.
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A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
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I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
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When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting.
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I used to believe that people are only born once, but now I feel I have been reborn, like I was given a new life. I see myself as a child, full of energy and hope.
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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
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People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.
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The line between anime and regular animation is very difficult to cross, even for people who have been doing anime successfully for years.
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Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!
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There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we bring those people over to the legal side and Spotify, what is going to happen is we are going to double the music industry and that will lead to more artists creating great new music.
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You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.
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Some Christians see the biblical teaching on homosexuality as reflecting the culture and times in which the Bible was written and not reflecting God's eternal perspective on homosexual people. Others believe these scriptures represent God's timeless will for how human beings practice intimacy.
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That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.
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People vote with their hearts, not their heads.
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People need to take a breath and remember that it's only fashion. Relax. No one's going to die.
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Of course there are certain things that get to me, but I try and lead by example and show people that, especially with haters, that you should just ignore them.
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Who are those people by whom you wish to be admired? Are they not these whom you are in the habit of saying that they are mad? What then? Do you wish to be admired by the mad?
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My friend Josh Glenn compiles terrific lists of genre novels from the mid-20th century. His latest is a list of the ten best adventure novels of 1966. Josh also includes the cover art of early editions of the books, which are always much better than the art on newer editions. I want to read every book in this list!
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I do wish my breasts were bigger. Not big... but less small.
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The suicide bomber's imagination leads him to believe in a brilliant act of heroism, when in fact he is simply blowing himself up pointlessly and taking other people's lives.
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I assume that we are all limited by our own brains and experiences and can only understand other people and other creatures through a kind of translation that brings them closer to us.
