Karrine Steffans Quotes
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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I definitely had to do some soul searching, and there would be a lot of times where I would sit back and look at the Internet and say to myself, 'This is a way of being able to communicate with all my fans all over the world, other than just being in New York and only hearing the New York side of things.'
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I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.
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I breeze through Twitter - I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos.
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The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The hardest part was knowing some of the things I was probably going to write about Texas would make those nice people very unhappy.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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I'm a little bit like a turducken: I'm sort of like an Indian person, wrapped in a British person, wrapped in an American kind of thing.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
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If you want to make change, 'Show me how' can be a stronger, more effective approach than 'Just say no.' That's what I think.
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Our lives are the sum of our memories. How much are we willing to lose from our already short lives by … not paying attention?
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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I like it when a man puts thought into the kind of restaurant we're going to. That doesn't mean it needs to be fancy - some of the best meals of my life have been having a taco on a street corner.
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Nothing of great value in this life comes easily.
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I'm Italian and we curse a lot when we talk.
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Life is a lot easier when you realize that you're not in control of it all.
