Kami Garcia Quotes
There’s something about sitting alone in the dark that reminds you how big the world really is, and how far apart we all are. The stars look like they’re so close, you could reach out and touch them. But you can’t. Sometimes things look a lot closer than they are.
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
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I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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The challenge with 'Watchmen' is making sure that the ideas that were in the book got into the movie. That was my biggest stretch. I wanted people to watch the movie and get it. It's one of those things where, over time, it has happened more.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn't what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cleveland and - the guy told me it was a really good deal - made an even swap for a blue Teisco Del Ray. I loved that guitar and used it a bunch.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.
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Procrastinate now, don't put it off.
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A boy or girl who has gone through the eight grades should possess a complete, practical education and should have received special training in some specific line of work, fitting him or her to earn a livelihood.
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If Death stepped miraculously through the glass and came in after you, in all probability you just got up and went along with him, ferociously but quietly.
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When I started to write 'Crazy Thing Called Love,' I wanted a conflict that would not only bring Billy and Maddy together in terms of proximity and give them a common goal but that would also drive a wedge between them. And nothing fit the bill quite like the arrival of some children.
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There’s something about sitting alone in the dark that reminds you how big the world really is, and how far apart we all are. The stars look like they’re so close, you could reach out and touch them. But you can’t. Sometimes things look a lot closer than they are.
