Karen Russell Quotes
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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On April 8, 1982, I was alone in the electron microscope room when I discovered the Icosahedral Phase that opened the field of quasi-periodic crystals.
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People ask me, 'Isn't it scary living on your own?' but in this industry, being at events, doing interviews, and doing promotion and constantly chatting about yourself, sometimes it's really nice to just sit in silence or take a day where you can sleep in until 3 P.M. and then stay up as late as you like.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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Fashion anticipates.
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Truth never pleads or compromises or wavers. It invites and awaits your acceptance.
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It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless you're doing something extremely small - a locked room-style story.
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We never had a huge squad and we never had a great deal of choice. But in many ways that helps because you've got to make do with what you've got. You don't have too many problems about picking the team you just hope that everyone turns up on the day.
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There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.
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The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it.
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You can tell a lot about a person from his underwear.
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Film is a window to the real world but a lie that makes you believe the unbelievable.
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Palestine is the issue, and until this issue is resolved, there can be no peace.
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My interest in words and literature is always changing. And every day of work is different, and it doesn't feel laborious in the way that, say, washing dishes did. I'm quite happy to be doing what I'm doing, and I feel very lucky.
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I don't mind being pale. In high school, it seemed like everybody cared about being tan all year round, but I haven't really thought about it since then. I don't go to a tanning bed, and I get bored when I lay out. I put sunscreen on when I'm in the sun, and sometimes I get tan, but I don't really think about it very much.
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I am a medium. In the same way, doctors are mediums to bring treatment.
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First we attacked the Russian soldiers with our gases, and then when we saw the poor fellows lying there, dying slowly, we tried to make breathing easier for them by using our own life-saving devices on them.
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There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away.
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Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.
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I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality.
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Religion has been an essential part of my life ever since I was baptised. My personal journey with God has been very important throughout my life.
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It is a special kind of homelessness to be evicted from your dreams.
