Karen Robards Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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I'm very comfortable being naked. It's one of my favorite things to do.
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Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.
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In my case, I write in the past because I'm not really part of the present. I have nothing valid to say about anything current, though I have something to say about what existed then.
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In bitter almond oil, like in a great number of other substances that previously had been counted among the 'aromatic compounds' on behalf of their strong smell, a derivative of benzene is present. The special properties of benzene and its derivatives are caused by the typical arrangement of their carbon atoms.
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To write our constitution is for the past, the present, and the future to come together all at once in one single motion, in one single heave, one single cry. For we correct the errors of the past and chart a new course for the future, based on the experience of the present.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
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My favorite TV show is probably 'Glee.' I'm a Gleek, like everyone else!
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Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.
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The future is no more uncertain than the present.
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Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
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All our own present experiences are primordial. What could be more primordial than experience itself?
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My favorite kitchen was the Japanese and the Italian kitchen.
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America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.
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The future is keeping you out of the present time.
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My favorite 'Mister Rogers' episodes were always the ones where Mr. Rogers would go into the community.
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When you come across someone colorful and vibrant maybe in the present it isn't so interesting, but, in the past, it sheds a wonderful light onto living life.
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Eternity is the Absolute present.
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If I was going onstage, of course I would talk about it. How could I not?
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I just hope that there's a market for somebody who looks like me as the lead of a rom-com, you know?
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Books are still my favorite present.
