Karin Slaughter Quotes
Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.'
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Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff. It means that deconstruction of the superhero is something you can do. All those movies have led to a point where we can finally have 'Watchmen' with a Superman character who doesn't want to save the world and a Batman who has trouble in bed.
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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Of course I get hurt.
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If it's hard for Blue America to see Red America as anything other than a bunch of dumb, racist rednecks; it's hard for Red America to recognize that many minorities are legitimately worried about what a Trump presidency means for their family.
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I'm afraid to fail again.
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
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I believe that if you eat well, you work even better.
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Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.
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When I go out and I'm presenting the best side of myself, I want to look different from everyone, but I don't want it to look like I'm wearing a costume.
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I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.
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Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
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I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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Anything scarce will ultimately be tokenized because the benefits of digitization and increased liquidity are so great.
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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The White man pays Reverend Martin Luther King so that Martin Luther King can keep the Negro defenseless.
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To grow, people need to be challenged.
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I think that's what we all want on this earth - to feel that at some level we have connected with other human beings.
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One of the books I remember reading when I was young and always thought would be a great role to play is Catherine in 'Wuthering Heights.' I like the classics.
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Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.'
