Kate Atkinson Quotes
Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn't understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely.
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
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Elves are cool, man.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.
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Our quarterbacks were getting hurt; a couple got kicked out of school. The coach asked who wanted to try out for QB. I went and tried out, and from there on, I was a quarterback. I was ineligible in 10th grade until spring, so I did baseball. I started in left field and pitched.
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
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I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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It's up to the audience. It always has been.
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I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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Little boys have amazing minds.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.
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Most important thought, if you love someone, tell him or her, for you never know what tomorrow may have in store.
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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There was a year between school and getting going as an actor when I basically just watched films. Video shops were the new thing, and there was a good one round the corner and me and my brother just watched everything, from the horror to the European art-house.
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I live with three boys, and I can't tell you how hard it is to get your hands on toilet paper. They steal it.
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We ended up with some pretty good quality videos for next to nothing. We just thought it would be interesting to put WAV files on a DVD and let people burn CDs if they want. CDs are so expensive. I can't remember the last time I bought a new CD.
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Culture creates awareness around issues, it entertains and saddens, it can encourage commitment to a social contract or strengthen personal hygiene in public. Culture is that powerful. Culture creates the icons we follow, that we see ourselves in, that we orient ourselves toward. It's culture that tells us to love or hate, accept or tolerate, embrace or reject.
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Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn't understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely.
