Kate Atkinson Quotes
Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane.
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My father was 40 when he had me, so he was more a grandparent than a parent.
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It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?
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I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That's what keeps me going.
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I try to greet my friends with a drink in my hand, a warm smile on my face, and great music in the background, because that's what gets a dinner party off to a fun start.
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The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
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It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?
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Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.
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We're more interested in someone writing a really great answer that's going to be read by thousands or tens of thousands of people over the next few years as it stays on Quora and as it gets distributed on the Internet.
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.
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I like the effect drink has on me.
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It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55.
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Look, I've always said from the word go many years ago that I felt the whole bonus culture, they need to think very carefully about being detached from the rest of the British public.
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'The Unity Band' project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything else.
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My camps are always ten weeks. That's what makes me comfortable.
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I can be more cold than people would like me to be.
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I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine.
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Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.
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I just did this movie with Kristin Wiig called 'The Skeleton Twins.' That's a straight drama. We play estranged twins, and I end up moving in with her and her husband, played by Luke Wilson. But it's a drama, and the Duplass Brothers produced it and this great guy, Craig Johnson, directed it. And that was great, you know?
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I don't play. I'm a terrible gambler. I don't know half the rules, and I'm not really patient enough to sit through hours of gaming.
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The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran all contribute to core goals of U.S. policy in those countries.
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The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it resembles in nothing what may be seen in other lands.
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Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane.
