Kathryn Tucker Windham Quotes
It had never once occurred to me that the paper I wanted to work for would not want me. Certainly I never expected to be rejected solely because I was a girl!
Quotes to Explore
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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When I was starting out and had to cut my teeth and build my resume to get in, I had to basically work for free on a lot of things.
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Dinner is often a stew of beans or legumes, which are awesome for dieting; they give you that meaty satisfaction and both are excellent with whole grain rice or bread.
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There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
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If I can help and influence girls who are going through body-image issues then I think that's amazing.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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It's very good for you, riding. You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses to have the same effect, in that you have to put your ego aside and concentrate on making the horse do the things you want it to do, and move in the way you want it to move - particularly if you're doing dressage.
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I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties.
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.
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I've never experienced complete terror, knock on wood, or running for my life or any of that.
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My first acting job was a Breck commercial.
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There is no empirical evidence to suggest that ageing in humans has been modified by any means, nor is there evidence that it is even possible to measure biological age. And nothing has been demonstrated to be true when it comes to anti-ageing medicines.
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By the end of an intense four years at UCLA, I had co-authored a new math proof, which the media, in fact, loved. As it turned out, math itself blazed my entry back into the spotlight and consequently into wonderful acting jobs like 'The West Wing' and others. You just never know, do you?
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We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.
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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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I knew what I wanted to do in sport from the age of nine.
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To be honest, I used to always procrastinate when I write. I mean, I love writing, but I hate it.
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My music has always been my solo project.
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My brother's a teacher in Costa Rica and actually does a more important and significant job than I will ever do.
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It had never once occurred to me that the paper I wanted to work for would not want me. Certainly I never expected to be rejected solely because I was a girl!
