Karin Slaughter Quotes
The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.'
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Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.
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I think we have the best women's division on Smackdown Live. But, I miss Charlotte like a son of a gun. She's my favorite person to be in the ring with. She's the most incredible talent, and she keeps improving. When you've got a talent like that who's always stepping up their game, it always keeps you stepping up your game.
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A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.
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Good design should be honest.
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
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When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
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If I could meet Quentin Tarantino, I don't know if I'd just ask him one question. I'd probably milk it into, like, 500 questions.
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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I'm so freaking competitive it's unbelievable.
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For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.
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Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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I wish I had more time to visit schools.
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I have had wrinkles on my forehead and my smile line since I was a kid. I see them in my own kids. I know what they're going to look like. So it's kind of like that's my personality. I feel the older you get, too, the more confident you become just in your own skin.
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The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer.
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A period piece is a great opportunity for an actress. I love acting because I love to pretend, and when you're doing a period piece, then even the time you're in is pretend, so there's that much more to play with.
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The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.'
