Caitlin Flanagan Quotes
I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.
Quotes to Explore
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To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish a Reichian secularism as our state faith.
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His acting remains forever fixed in a time that never dates.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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You have to believe that people don't want what you think they're going to like, you know? They want what you like. Once you start doing that, you actually start connecting with people.
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The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
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I love women more than anything.
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I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.
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It's amazing, it doesn't feel like it has been 10 years since retirement.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.
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I don't believe in miracles.
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I love parties. I love a good time.
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I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys of life.
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It makes sense to have cameras in places where terrorism and crime are of particular concern - such as in Times Square or near major bridges and tunnels. It would be more troubling to learn, however, that the government has focused cameras on the front doors of our homes just to keep track of our comings and goings.
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It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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Survival is not about being fearless. It's about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.
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I make an awesome soup with coconut milk and shrimps; it takes me five hours to prepare the whole thing. It does become very spicy, but you can definitely taste all the ingredients.
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I don't dream songs. I'm more apt to write dreams down and then to be able to interpret them into a song. I also tend to get up and write prose in the morning from which will come songs.
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Iraqi oil is sold by Iraq.
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I'm a healthy weight for my height, and I like how I look on most days.
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I have felt very frustrated and I would have hoped that my influence in the dressing room might have lifted some of the weight off the shoulders of the captain and coach.
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The soul is the ancestral animals. The body is their knowledge.
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I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.
