Gayle King Quotes
The first time I met Beyonce she was about 18 years old, sitting in a makeup chair eating fried chicken, and I knew it was only a matter of time before everyone would know her name.

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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.
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You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
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I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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I know I'm not a conventional beauty. You can read a lot of painful things on the Internet, which criticise you aesthetically - but as far as I'm concerned, that's not what an actress is.
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I don't recognize my former self. Like I'm on the outside looking in at my life. Who is that guy?
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.
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The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.
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Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here.
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It's very rare to see an undisturbed birth in a modern U.S. teaching hospital, but when you see a woman who isn't frightened, who's giving birth without interference, you stand back in awe and realize how little needed you are except in the rare circumstance.
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Music is an element that should be part and parcel of every child's life via the education system.
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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.
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I would say that the things that have really left a mark on me have more to do with my family and my children's lives rather than a film role.
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I think of life as an inn where I have to stay until the abyss coach arrives. I don't know where it will take me, for I know nothing.
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'Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side.'
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It's been great having my little girl. It's like having a workout 24 hours a day. I don't need to go to the gym! I'm chasing after my daughter everywhere she goes.
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The first time I met Beyonce she was about 18 years old, sitting in a makeup chair eating fried chicken, and I knew it was only a matter of time before everyone would know her name.