Karen Carpenter Quotes
Make it simple to last your whole life long. Don't worry that it's not enough for anyone else to hear. Just sing, sing a song...
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Obviously it makes a difference if an author has a public online profile of some sort, even just down to the level of having a moderately popular blog. Most books sell 5, 10, or 15 thousand copies. Most are midlist books. With those people, even a modest online presence can make a difference in sales.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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I've turned into one of those people who go jogging in parks that I used to hate.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
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I think about terrorism in terms of popcorn. You can't tell which kernels are popcorn and which are not, but you assume you'll always have some kernels that are going to pop.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.
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Just as it had taken centuries to determine the true nature of the universe, so also the search for the beginning of human life proceeded well into the 20th century.
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A lot of actors, whatever movie you're working on, you make up a back story just for your own, to work off, even if the audience doesn't have it revealed to them. I think it's important that the audience makes up their own mind.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.
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I'm a big Hall and Oates fan.
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It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation.
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Dave kind of reminds me of myself when I went with Bobby. He made all the calls on Saturday but I was involved on day-to-day game planning.
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I tend to worry about the minutiae of life. But living in the mountains of Idaho and having retreated from fame, I am more in tune with life.
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In fourth grade, I learned that reading was serious business, not just a pleasant way to pass the time, and that like medicine or engineering, it had a definite, valuable purpose: to foster 'comprehension.'
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[T]he small is great, the great is small; all is in equilibrium in necessity.
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Make it simple to last your whole life long. Don't worry that it's not enough for anyone else to hear. Just sing, sing a song...
