Karen DeCrow Quotes
From 1961 to 1964, I was fortunate enough to work at a think tank in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago. As a writer and editor, I reported in a publication about the thinkers. Our offices were in a former mansion; I worked in what had been the ballroom. As I sat typing my copy, I imagined the dancers waltzing.
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I'm a bit of a 'Throny,' as I think the 'Game of Thrones' fans refer to themselves.
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I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
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It is obvious that the monetary union among 17 very different European countries does not work. As an economist, I know that the Eurozone is not an optimum currency area, as defined in economic theory.
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No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating.
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Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.
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My wife is a painter, musician, and fiber artist. We married in 1993, and as she worked, I found that my reading about art was helping me understand what she was doing, just as seeing her work gave me a language with which to speak of art.
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Letters actually work. Even the top dog himself takes time every day to read 10 letters that are picked out by staff. I can tell you that every official that I've ever worked with will tell you about the letters they get and what they mean.
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Representative Willis has introduced a bill, modeled after a Chicago law, to hold gun stores accountable for flooding our streets with weapons. Thousands of guns recovered by the Chicago Police Department can be traced back to just a handful of stores.
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I think of all my movies as home movies! It's just that some are more expensive than others.
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I am 90. I can work day or night. I'm the same guy, but the polls show the effect of age. That's the issue.
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The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.
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I think I have every piece of music Bob Marley ever made.
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We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy.
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People know not to mess with my friends or my family because it's not going to work out well for you.
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Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.
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When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.
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I remember, in my first show in New York, they asked, 'Where is the Indian-ness in your work?'... Now, the same people, after having watched the body of my work, say, 'There is too much Indian philosophy in your work.' They're looking for a superficial skin-level Indian-ness, which I'm not about.
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Every year, you have to keep adjusting. I'm 28; I'm not 19 anymore. You have to work harder now.
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Irvin Kershner, no matter what anyone says, has done some great work. 'Eyes of Laura Mars' is an incredible movie.
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He's going to be what?! Oh for God's sake. Sir David Beckham? You're having a laugh. He's just a good footballer with a famous bird.
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One big part of Movember is raising awareness for men's health. A lot of people gotten involved found out members of their extended families had had prostate cancer.
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Across the continent, political divisions are deepening. For all of these reasons, the specter of a euro zone collapse has not been dispatched.
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To build up a future, you have to know the past.
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From 1961 to 1964, I was fortunate enough to work at a think tank in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago. As a writer and editor, I reported in a publication about the thinkers. Our offices were in a former mansion; I worked in what had been the ballroom. As I sat typing my copy, I imagined the dancers waltzing.
