Karin Slaughter Quotes
I love puns. I've been known to turn the car around just to take advantage of a good pun situation. It really is the highest form of humor.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
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I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Sometimes new voices have the most spectacular vision. It is uncluttered and organic.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!
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Here I am, this smart, bookish girl, and I have this biker-chick name.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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I kept thinking I would be spending my life up to my elbows in shampoo.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.
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Poverty-fighting programs are not handouts - they are investments.
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One of my fondest memories from childhood is of looking at a globe with my father. "What's the biggest country?" he'd ask me and my sister. We'd spin the globe around and guess. . . . The globe brought me a sense of wonder and adventure. I wanted to go to those other places and see how people did things differently. And, many years later, when I did visit other countries, I took my father's interest and fascination with me. When we plant the seeds of fascination and respect for other people, we are teaching tolerance and peace.
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I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust and loyalty. You don't ever want to second-guess whether you can tell your friend something.
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When you work with a good actor, there is this natural rapport and chemistry that develops over time. That chemistry helps your characters come alive and makes the story of the film that much more convincing.
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I love puns. I've been known to turn the car around just to take advantage of a good pun situation. It really is the highest form of humor.
