Karin Slaughter Quotes
Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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I mask every single day. I mask every morning - since I was 27 years old. I don't care the brand: it can be from the drugstore or high end. I can be walking my dog in the mask scaring children and people off, but it's my routine that I commit to every single day.
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I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
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It was very difficult when I was trying to figure out how to have a marriage and babies and do this at the same time. There was no handbook. You were making it up as you went along.
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In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the garden of a neighbour against whom a grudge is entertained.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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Like great teams in sports and business endeavors, if there's a chemistry among the participants, and they truly enjoy fellowship together, everybody wants to be there, stay involved, and just have fun together.
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I went to high school in Los Angeles, and I grew up riding horses, so that was kind of my life. I always wanted to act.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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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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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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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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All cultures have had a belief in ghosts and a fear of ghosts. People have always told stories, and everybody likes being frightened, especially when you feel safe. Personally, I find them scarier than vampires or zombies.
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Chiranjeevi is a good man, and he will do only good things, and our family will support him.
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I want people to look at me in the future and feel that there's this Asian hip-hop artist who's fresh and hot.
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It is a wake-up call for all of us unless we put our house in order. The people of this country are becoming restless.
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I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously.
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Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
