Kate DiCamillo Quotes
Despereaux marveled at his own bravery. He admired his own defiance. And then, reader, he fainted. :(
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My goal is to make people feel passionately, if it's negative or positive, I did my job.
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'All in With Laila Ali' is educational, inspirational, compelling programming profiling individuals that have reached for the sky, pushed themselves to the limit and did things that you would think were impossible.
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It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.
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Today we know that centralization and big bureaucracies have not, as promised, been the answer for promoting better opportunities for society.
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I love things on the decline because that's really the natural progression of our lives. We're born, we're feisty for the first couple of years, and then the inevitable decline begins.
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I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do my thing.
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I would never be able to spend all my life in a busy city like Mumbai.
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From 1997 through 1999, I had gained so much. People don't realize how something like weight gain can make you sad. Losing weight has changed my life. If you can take control of your life, you can lose weight.
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I don't think I've ever been in love, I'm sure I will be some day. I've had enormous crushes, although I've never been into the Brad Pitt thing.
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The trick to being a novelist is to act like an iceberg. Make it seem as if you're displaying only one-tenth of what you know, and the other nine-tenths isn't visible and never mind if that part is pure styrofoam!
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I want to feel good, I want to feel proud, I want to feel that I give someone enough and that I get enough.
Nastassja Kinski -
I love flexing theater muscles. Television has merits as well, but there's no substitute for live theater.
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My orange Persian Mews hangs out with me while I write.
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Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language.
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My father got a phone call to bring me in to meet with Spielberg for 'E.T.,' partially because they knew I was a physical kid, and I was known in the business somewhat as a stunt kid, and I could do all the bicycle riding.
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I have a hands-off policy when it comes to my larynx.
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Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life it should be inclined to raise those feet too swiftly to fools and bores.
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I really believe the only thing you can control in those situations is what you do as a player but also how you interact with your teammates, which is critical.
