Karin Slaughter Quotes
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The trouble with making music as a job is that I have no outside interests. All I can do to wind down is go to sleep.
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I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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I love Coco de Mer.
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I have an emotional attachment with Katihar.
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I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.
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Your mind is what makes everything else work.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
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On the small scale, 'Ico,' I think, actually delivered a small new thing: holding a character's hand and really feeling like your job is to rescue this person, and establishing a personal connection.
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It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.
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I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.
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Actors can't retire. What would they do?
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates, attack sponsors. I'm sort of done with that.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them.
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I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago.
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When you're writing about one community, in a way, you're writing about all communities.
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I like to work from home. I do most of my writing in bed, late at night after everyone has gone to sleep. I need to be alone with my thoughts, and late at night is about the only time that can actually happen.
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I always want to make sure the book I'm writing is the best book I can deliver.
