Sarah Kay Quotes
If I should have a daughter… I’m gonna paint the solar system on the backs of her hands so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say ‘oh I know that like the back of my hand.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't know how to ground myself without the other actor present.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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I start the day with either Radio 3 or Radio 4. I don't watch any daytime television at all.
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The idea of 'Badlands' was creating a space with sound, which is a really difficult thing to do.
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I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing.
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I've seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.
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From even the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent.
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Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there.
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People were stopping me on the street to say, 'Oh my God, it's Crazy Eyes!' Which is kind of a funny thing to have people shout at you on the street.
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I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and contra initiatives.
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I don't concern myself too much about calories and fat.
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One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.
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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
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Experience is like a comb that life gives you when you are bald.
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What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drowns.
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Some time ago, the United States was an English colony. If an Englishman were asked if the United States would be independent, he would have said no, that it would always be an English colony.
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Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
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One reason nearly half my books are for children is the glorious fact that the minds of children are still open to the living word; in the child, nightside and sunside are not yet separated; fantasy contains truths which cannot be stated in terms of proof.
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I love people. I hate to be by myself.
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When blue-eyed Donald Trump married hazel-eyed Ivana Zelnickova, he probably figured his broad-shouldered DNA would dominate her girly alleles. But genetics played a cruel trick on Trump: Of the couple's three children, only the youngest, Eric, wound up with his father's fishy blue eyes.
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Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.
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When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.
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There is no room in the universe for the least contempt or pride; but only for a gentle and a reverent heart.
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If I should have a daughter… I’m gonna paint the solar system on the backs of her hands so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say ‘oh I know that like the back of my hand.
