Jan Karon Quotes
I grew up hearing words like snakeroot, sassafras, mullein - things that had wondrous, mysterious sounds in their names.
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We need to have Turkey respect democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms.
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I'm a Muslim. I don't try to hide it. I'm also a girl who loves music.
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Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
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When I was a kid growing up, I always thought I would be a journalist, and I thought, you know, I'd cover stories about other people, and we're always taught never to make the story about yourself.
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Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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It really is no different in the way that we make records and shoot music videos. I don't think of the movie as being a great leap out of my current profession.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
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The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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Every one of you is a super genius if you just focus your common sense.
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Ya'll don't hear what I'm preaching. I'm preaching so good I'm about to 'Amen' myself! Oh!...Oh God! I'm preaching good! Hallelujah!
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People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but I did share some experiences with her.
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The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.
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I grew up hearing words like snakeroot, sassafras, mullein - things that had wondrous, mysterious sounds in their names.
