Sue Monk Kidd Quotes
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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IM is interesting because you look at your buddy list and, at a glance, see what your friends are listening to, what they're working on, what they're doing. The problem was that you were bound to the computer keyboard.
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An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
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There's a time that may come in an organization where leading by influence is not enough. When things are not going the way they need to go, there's a time when one has to step up... to set the organization back on the right direction.
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When I got to law school, I didn't do very well. To put it mildly, I didn't do very well. I, in fact, graduated in the part of my law school class that made the top 90% possible.
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I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz.
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One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
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None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is time to act.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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I don't think I have the assets to play the more traditional Bond Girl.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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Imagine if everyone was able to help just one child who needs to be listened to, needs to be respected, and needs to be loved - we could make such a huge difference for an entire generation.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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I loved the idea of Travolta sitting on the kid's swing, pining away for his girlfriend.
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Tabloids are going to focus on my shoes and not my music; that's just what they do.
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Financial security is crucial for your family, and I have a large family. Money does matter when you don't have it. When you need it, you realise the value of it. In that sense, money will always have value.
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The fruit we wish to pick tomorrow lies hidden in the seed of today. The goals we are to read and the problems we are to solve tomorrow depend upon today's diligence, hope and faith, today's conviction of the almightiness of good.
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I think that's what fiction writing is actually all about. It's about trying to solve problems in creative ways.
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Chefs aren't celebrities: they're chefs.
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Sometimes, in order to say yes to what matters most, I must say no to good things.
