Karen Bass Quotes
You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.
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There's something about a divorce in that even if your parents still love you, the fact that they can't live with each other makes you feel there's something wrong with you.
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I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
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If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.
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I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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There's a smartphone gait: the slow sidewalk weave that comes from being lost in conversation rather than looking where you're going.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I get so nervous before I go onstage - beyond butterflies!
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I'm so freaking competitive it's unbelievable.
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The crown must constantly earn citizens' appreciation, respect and trust.
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If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
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They are tough, they get after you. They have quick hands and are hard-nosed. They drive so much and draw fouls. I am impressed with them. They have the toughness to compete in the Big East. They are tough guys.
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I've never set out to seduce my reader. I don't see him at all clearly.
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The diversity of content is now offered from streaming and downloading, so young people are really not going to theaters because they don't see any particular benefit.
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You know more about me than I do about myself, that's probably true.
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You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.
