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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I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.
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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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If you really want to be an actress, go to school. I think it's great what people are doing on YouTube, but don't forget to go to class. Have a vision for yourself, but don't forget to do the work.
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I think it's great training for any comedian to start on cows. Because with cows, you expect them to be bored and just stare at you blankly. And that's exactly what you'll get at a comedy club. If you can toughen up with a cow audience, then you'll never be worried with a human audience.
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When you think about rock at its origin, and you think of the Beatles and millions of kids screaming as loud as they can and running as fast as they can towards the Beatles, there's no one who is that kind of lightning rod, who commands that kind of power and has that kind of creative magma.
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Fashion is a hard business.
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You need to understand the market, know how you can differentiate yourself in it, and grasp the price and the functional differentiation competitive points that are going to allow you to be disruptive.
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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.
