Karen McCarthy Quotes
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During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments for military planes.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
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I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.
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On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
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You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation.
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I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt.
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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I think that's always very valuable: to keep the mind open to receiving all sorts of information, which can then be used in my work, but also just as a human being.
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I have a little basement studio set up here at my house, and I do probably 80 percent of the recording here on my own. With multi-tracking technology, I can play various parts on top of one another.
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I was bulimic and anorexic for a while, just hating my body. As an actress, I was never thin enough, never pretty enough. My boobs weren't big enough.
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My mother is massively into sailing, so we always had Musto clothes, and it went on from there, really. I wouldn't say it's a career in fashion. The range is all day-to-day stuff that I'd put on and use myself.
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Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.
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When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building.
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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
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In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.
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L.A.'s not a good place to grow old.
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Fashion for a long time was very elitist and difficult to get access to. The access I can now provide to my readers live from fashion shows with my iPhone was never, ever possible before.
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We might have been better off if the question of Obama's patriotism had been raised before he was first elected. Never should we ignore so many red flag warnings again.
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If I could have the discipline to be super-skinny, I would be.
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One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
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One of my favorite things to make is homemade sushi. I know how to make the rolls and it's really fun to do.
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I'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong.
