Karin Slaughter Quotes
Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right.
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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Good things happen when you meet strangers.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.
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The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.
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It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.
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My mom has always been my support system. She taught me to never give up and to keep pursuing my passions no matter what.
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I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.
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My biggest fears aren't with my work. My biggest fears are walking through hospital doors. Once you can face that, being fearless about your work is easy.
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Some people lose sense of what their music was when their life starts to get better.
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Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
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I'm proud to be among a bipartisan group of state attorneys general who consistently advocate against government infringement of Americans' Second Amendment rights.
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There is a lot of wisdom in selling off some subscribers because it just eases that regulatory question. This hastens the time when there is real competition in local phone.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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We can choose to humble ourselves by receiving counsel and chastisement, . . . by forgiving those who have offended us, . . . by rendering selfless service. . . .
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Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right.
