Beth Kephart Quotes
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me.
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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I know feeling pressure gets you nowhere creatively. You've just got to understand the character, understand the story, and just play it to the fullest extent.
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'Fight Master' is a proving ground for young, aspiring fighters who want a chance to play on a bigger stage. That's something it has in common with 'The Ultimate Fighter,' which has always been like a farm league for the UFC, a place to develop new talent.
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Narrative drives most of economics. Everything seems to be part of a story, and how that story is told often leads to critical error.
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I've written a lot of really good books. Now we'll see if I can write any more good books. I mean there's a chance I won't, but I'm going to try.
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Those differences are what color the performance, but in the movies you don't get a chance to rehearse.
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Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.
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Choosing forgiveness opens the door of your heart and makes way for a miracle in your life.
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Black Rock gives us all a chance to heal, to become ourselves.
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People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
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If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.
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A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
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Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.
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I think everyone should live in New York City if they ever get the chance at least once in their life. It's such a great place to live; there's a different energy about living in the city.
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I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.
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Steampunk is not a group of children in a classroom, sitting quietly while the teacher reads a story; it's the kids at recess, playing a wild, endless game of pretend.
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I had no chance of controlling a ball game until I first controlled myself.
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So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him.
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Forgiveness is not turning the other cheek. Forgiveness is not running away. Forgiveness does not mean that you condone what the person has done, nor does it mean that you invite them to do it again. It doesn't mean that you forget the offense, nor does it mean that by forgiving you tacitly invite bad things to happen again. It doesn't mean that you won't defend yourself.
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Gentrification always makes me laugh. People complain about traffic. Live in Atlanta! You can't have it both ways; you can't live in an incredible city and not expect it to get congested.
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In general, lives seem to veer abruptly from one thing to another, to jostle and bump, to squirm. A person heads in one direction, turns sharply in mid-course, stalls, drifts, starts up again. Nothing is ever known, and inevitably we come to a place quite different from the one we set out for.
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Forgiveness, which is the place that every story turns, the chance we give each other.
