Kate DiCamillo Quotes
That was the thing about tragedy. It was just sitting there, keeping you company, waiting. And you had absolutely no idea.
Kate DiCamillo
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If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.
Adam Ant
Adam and the Ants
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I was a dyslexic kid.
Caitlyn Jenner
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Many of the problems of poverty and need are really problems of physical infrastructure: not enough hospitals, too few schools, insufficient roads, bridges, and a lack of tools. This is what makes traditional philanthropy so daunting. You could build a thousand new hospitals in some parts of the world and barely make a difference.
Naveen Jain
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When you're editing, you're putting it together in a way that makes sense metaphysically. You're not inventing it, but you're finding the story that's there. You're making a play that's eventually going to go on stage and present itself to an audience. You want to show what happened, not exactly what you have evidence of happening.
D. A. Pennebaker
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Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person.
Irwin Thomas
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Uncertainty doesn't make life worth living, quite, but it does make striving and gambling worth attempting.
Walter Kirn
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In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
Aristotle
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Elena wondered if Michaela was waiting to be served. Snorting inwardly at the idea, she poured her own coffee—and, because she was feeling generous, and okay, maybe because she wanted to irritate Michaela—Raphael’s as well. Then she put down the carafe.
Nalini Singh
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If you want to maintain a sustainable supply of fish you have to farm the fish, rather than mine them. So putting your money into fishing fleets that are going to exacerbate the problem by over-fishing is not the way to preserve the underlying asset.
Maurice Strong
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Kicked in the ribs, the press says 'art' when 'ouch' would be more appropriate.
Pauline Kael
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I've learned to rely on the strength I inherited from all those who came before me-the grandmothers, sisters, aunts, and brothers who were tested with unimaginable hardships and still survived. 'I go forth alone, and stand as ten thousand,' Maya Angelou proclaimed in her poem 'Our Grandmothers.' When I move through the world, I bring all my history with me-all the people who paved the way for me are part of who I am.
Oprah Winfrey
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That was the thing about tragedy. It was just sitting there, keeping you company, waiting. And you had absolutely no idea.
Kate DiCamillo
