Karin Slaughter Quotes
I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about cats and romances where somebody has died.
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We filmed one scene on the beach and there was definitely weird energy around, and we were followed around by a white owl to several different locations, and little things like that, or certain mishaps would happen and you'd have to wonder what that was about.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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We're proud to be lifetime musicians and a band that lives like a band and loves the music and gives our lives to it.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of this year. Eddie has to decide who he wants to drive, so there is no secret anywhere. I am not concerned. It does not sit with my objectives to be competitive.
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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention.
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I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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People come over, and we watch things like 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special.' I have a hot tub. Everybody puts on a bathing suit and we splash around.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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In the Dead Sea Scrolls, there are many Aramaic texts from the time of Jesus, so one can get a pretty good idea of what the language of Jesus looked liked.
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I know Packers fans are invested in the team - even more so than the rest of the country.
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If I play a villain, I try to find his lightness and his good side. And if I play a hero or a good guy, I'll try to find his darkness or his flaws. Because I don't believe in good and evil. I believe in grays.
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I didn't go to high school. I never felt connected to people my age.
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I follow my conscience - and this is upsetting to some people, but I maintain the conscience is going to be the only thing between us and communication in the future.
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I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about cats and romances where somebody has died.
