Ian Kinsler Quotes
The power numbers are nice, but I'm most pleased that I've been consistent. Home runs come from having a consistent approach .
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My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying.
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I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.
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Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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Central bankers have had enormous responsibilities thrust on them to compensate, essentially, for the failings of the political system. And my worry is we don't have sufficient tools to do that, but we're not willing to say it.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.
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Once, in Australia, I ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes, and I only did it because they said a girl could never enter the competition.
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The family is the school of duties - founded on love.
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There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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When you've got kids, you turn into Mom, and that's it.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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External objects produce decided effects upon the brain. A man shut up between four walls soon loses the power to associate words and ideas together. How many prisoners in solitary confinement become idiots, if not mad, for want of exercise for the thinking faculty!
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Too many people hate the people that AIDS most affects: gay people and people of color. I do not mean dislike, or feel uncomfortable with. I mean hate. Downright hate. Down and dirty hate.
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The power numbers are nice, but I'm most pleased that I've been consistent. Home runs come from having a consistent approach .
