Karen E. Quinones Miller Quotes
Stop spending so much time trying to prove what you already know to people who don't really matter. It just makes you look insecure and lacking self-confidence.
Quotes to Explore
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is the teacher in the temple. He teaches principles of eternal significance. It is during these instructions that we see the relationship between the earthly and the eternal. We must remember that the Spirit teaches only those who are teachable.
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I want to end up like Judi Dench. I want to have nice consistent work, doing lovely things, no matter how big or small they might be. I'd like to turn into a wise old thing.
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The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.
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Alanis Morissette - I love how she's not afraid to say what she wants to say. Love it or hate it, she's going to say it. And her vocals are crazy; they're amazing, and I also love how her music is really organic.
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I want to empower and educate and inspire individuals who are giving to give in a way that is more meaningful. The more meaningful our giving is, the more giving we will do.
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I've started getting acclimated to writing on the road and on the spot. I just let whatever I feel at the time come out, instead of really sitting there and taking days to write just one song.
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People fall in love for mysterious reasons.
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I just think people have a lot of fiction. But, you know, I mean, the real story of Facebook is just that we've worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded.
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I like the idea of being a youngish parent. So I've got energy to play football even though they'll be better than me by the time they're four.
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No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.
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I've flown from Aspen and then to Switzerland the next day and then off again the day after. That's the thing I love most about snowboarding, honestly - getting to travel and explore different places and meet people.
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I mean, I would love to have the career Joan Baez is having in Europe right now, but God knows I don't begrudge her that career.
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I'm a very normal person with a very even keel.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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I've spent a lot of time wondering, What's going to happen? What's going to happen? I try not to allow myself to do that much anymore. I think ive gotten more comfortable with the unknown.
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Until you're the person that other people fall back on, until you're the one that's leaned on, not the person doing the leaning, you're not an adult.
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When you're young, you worry about what other people think. The older you get, the less that matters.
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Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life.
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Stop spending so much time trying to prove what you already know to people who don't really matter. It just makes you look insecure and lacking self-confidence.
