Kate Atkinson Quotes
I usually start writing a novel that I then abandon. When I say abandon, I don't think any writer ever abandons anything that they regard as even a half-good sentence. So you recycle. I mean, I can hang on to a sentence for several years and then put it into a book that's completely different from the one it started in.
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It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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And so it was interesting for me to find myself very enamored of a Republican president, but Ronald Reagan was someone I thought captured the spirit of America.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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I think that in Mexico, we must change some practices that were built during the 72 years of predominance in Mexico. Former presidents would just hide away, run away or disappear. And I think it's key in a democracy that presidents face people, see eye to eye to citizens and work to keep on contributing to the - to Mexico.
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.
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I have not fully had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of cameras in the courtroom.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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Power and speed be hands and feet.
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There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
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Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle.
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My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline.
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When I'm writing a record, I kind of don't listen to much music. Just because I want to be inspired solely on the emotion; just based on how it feels.
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I'm not very good at practice. But if you tell yourself you love the hole and love hitting it on the fairway, it's a big difference.
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I think everybody, no matter how rich or poor, how young or old, has a phase in his life when he's depressive. It's reality. Not a lot of people want to talk about it. Most people rather hide that fact, but it's just one of the facts of life that absolutely fascinates me.
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I usually start writing a novel that I then abandon. When I say abandon, I don't think any writer ever abandons anything that they regard as even a half-good sentence. So you recycle. I mean, I can hang on to a sentence for several years and then put it into a book that's completely different from the one it started in.
