Kate DiCamillo Quotes
There is no predicting what kind of sentences you might say, thought Flora. For instance, who would ever think you would shout, 'You're going to vacuum up that squirrel!'?
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.
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The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
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I started making movies in the early '90s, a few years after I discovered 'the cinema' during a three month stay in Paris during which I watched 100s of films.
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There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.
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You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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I got a great kick being in the Warner Bros. studios - that was really cool. I kept singing the 'Looney Tunes' theme song all day. I'm sure they haven't heard that one before.
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I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
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You know rule one for the vice president is make sure you never upstage the president, right? It's rule one.
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No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas.
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The eyes are the windows of your soul, and when you're acting, they're one of your most important instruments. Especially for close-ups!
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In a weird way, I'm always going to ground myself. I'm an insecure kind of pessimist, but I'm always kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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What we did not imagine was a Web of people, but a Web of documents.
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I'm very ADD when it comes to working out. I have to keep it interesting for myself or it just gets quite monotonous.
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I had this notion that maybe I wanted to be an actor... I thought it might be a neat career. I thought if I was going to try that, I should shoot for the best, and I auditioned for Julliard.
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I'm very spiritual and I'm Jewish by faith. I'm not a practising Jew, I'm more of a recreational Jew. I celebrate the holidays and I try to inform my kids about their heritage because I think we all at some point have to defend our heritage and if they get picked on I want them to know why.
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A few years ago I lost 30 pounds, and people still wanted to criticize. And honestly, I'm happy with myself if I'm a little heavier. I realized: 'Why am I trying to conform to someone else's idea of beauty?' I think I'm beautiful either way.
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Russia also declared its independence. This was approved by the Supreme Soviet, and you know and remember that there was the Declaration on the Independence of Russia.
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There is no predicting what kind of sentences you might say, thought Flora. For instance, who would ever think you would shout, 'You're going to vacuum up that squirrel!'?
