Kate Thompson Quotes
Irish mythology is gorgeous, and so are the fairies, but they are very misrepresented in the U.K. They are not little creatures with wings.
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I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them.
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The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
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Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.
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I've had about 140 albums released, and I've done everything I wanted to do.
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Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.
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I am a mortician who tells you that you don't necessarily need a mortician.
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The problem with forbearance is that it always looks like a good thing to do until it stops working.
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The public has been told repeatedly that terrorism is 'evil,' which it undoubtedly is, and that 'evildoers' are responsible for it, which doubtless they are. But beyond these justifiable condemnations, there is a historical void.
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I myself have already spent a third of my life in Germany, first in Cologne and then, since 1994, in Berlin.
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Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.
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I had a lot of survival jobs. One was for the Witty Ditty singing-telegram company. I was in the red-and-white stripes with the straw boater hat and kazoo. Balloons. Even when you're sleeping on a friend's couch, you have to pay some kind of rent.
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In order to fulfill the aspirations of masses, we have to sharpen the tool called the government machinery: we have to make it keen, more dynamic, and it is in this direction that we are working.
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I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.
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Enthusiasm is something so positive.
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Being uprooted from your own culture, provided you take with you the way of thinking and being that characterises the more integrated social culture from which you come, is not as disruptive to happiness and well-being as becoming part of a relatively fragmented culture.
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We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership.
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Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
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Lord but I dislike poetry. How can anyone remember words that aren’t put to music?
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Ezra Pound was a crackpot on social and political issues, but he knew what he was talking about in matters of the written language.
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Don't let them tell you what to think, no matter how 'different' your own views may be in relation to the official line. If you are not different in this world of stunning uniformity what on earth are you doing? Baaaaaaa.
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We need to take down our "Do not disturb" signs... snap out of our stupor and come out of our coma and awake from our apathy.
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I'd say imagine that you wake up one morning when you're going through a midlife crisis. You're getting divorced. Your kids won't speak to you. Their faces are covered with acne, and you have to decide why you should get out of bed. That's the career you should pick. The one that keeps you going no matter what, even if your life is falling apart. That's how I feel about my career.
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I grew up in an environment in Birmingham that was really multicultural, with black kids, Irish kids, Indian kids.
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Irish mythology is gorgeous, and so are the fairies, but they are very misrepresented in the U.K. They are not little creatures with wings.
