Karen Traviss Quotes
Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.
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I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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When I was 26, I got offered the Connecticut job, but the ABA started, and I thought I could still play.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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With this film, 'Need For Speed,' with this, we had a blank canvas to work with. What we had to do was have fast cars, and that's it.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in Hungary, enjoining fidelity to the Constitution, and obedience to the ministers of Hungary.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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If people are informed they will do the right thing. It's when they are not informed that they become hostages to prejudice.
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My children's books are written on the belief that every child has a talent and a passion. Each story unfolds into an adventure of nurturing that confidence until a passion blooms.
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Do not waste your time with people who have shown you they really mean no good for you.
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Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.
