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
Quotes to Explore
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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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Everybody can draw, in my estimation. If you give a man 50 years, he'll come up with the Mona Lisa.
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A successful person allows his results to speak for him, not his mouth.
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I'm from New York. My grandparents were settlers of Long Island City. When they came here, there was no bridge, and they had to hire a boat across the river. They had a farm, and my grandmother had to go once a week to Manhattan to buy provisions - very primitive.
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I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read.
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I'm appreciative of things going wrong. At first it sounds crazy, but how boring would life be if you just coasted along without any challenges? Without learning about who you really are through the process of going through the darker times? Without feeling the sense of elation when you reach even a small stepping stone?
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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
