E. L. Konigsburg Quotes
I don't think there is any feeling I like more than the one that someone is glad to see me. —Connor Kane
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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When you grow up in a place, you always think it's mundane. Then you travel around and live in different places, and you realise that you've got it the wrong way 'round.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.
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I know I'm never going to be as successful as my dad, but I get bored doing nothing. I couldn't go from vacation to vacation and have no motivation.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
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Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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There are some things that I write that I know are personal in a way, or the gag is so obscure that it's just for me, and there's other things that could basically be for anybody or be anything, at least until the lyrics start to get written.
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Immigration is a good thing. We should make that as easy as possible.
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I've actually had a copilot come out of the cockpit on a trip from L.A. to New York and ask me about Charles Manson.
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This is America, not a banana republic.
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It's tough when you get beat. You have to be able to come back mentally. Sometimes the offense is going to win, but you have to be able to be level-headed and not get too upset when they do catch the ball.
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The images of mankind have become the most basic thing about them. And they're all software, and disembodied. (p. 346)
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Actually, I was gazing in my usual state of being half absent in my own world and half in the present. I have usually been able to 'retire' in this way. I was also thinking that my life was tied up with the instrument and would I do it justice?
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A lot of people go through life thinking that they don't have any control, that life is just happening to them. But that's not true.
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I fall asleep feeling beautiful. Then, in the morning, before I leave the house, I say five things I love about myself, like 'You have really pretty eyes.' That way I can go out into the world with that little bit of extra confidence. It's a feel-good protein shake in my back pocket in case someone messes with me that day.
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I don't think there is any feeling I like more than the one that someone is glad to see me. —Connor Kane
