Kay Hooper Quotes
Saying that you love is easy, but living up to those simple words is the most difficult thing you'll ever do.
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You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering off to play games. Those are books I'm interested in. I can't imagine what would have happened to me in college if my biology class had been on the same computer as 'Words With Friends' and 'Doom.'
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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It is very difficult for me to speculate as to how long it will take for the LTE-TDD ecosystem to mature. Of course, the whole industry is speaking of scale and a combination of scale in order to get more efficiency in the ecosystem.
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I began in an era where four-letter words were not allowed.
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There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.
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You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
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I love mispronunciations. I love when people mispronounce things.
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The magazine, the daytime show, we've always tried to write affordable, accessible. Those are key words for us, and I do mean us, a huge staff of people at the magazine who love to cook affordable, friendly food that helps families eat better for less.
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Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.
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I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.
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I think it's difficult to be No. 1. 'There's too much attention, too much expectation from other people.
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If you want to understand Jesus, you have to study the whole Bible. Christian duty is not defined solely by the words in red.
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I don't know too many people who, when the TV announcer says, 'Viewer discretion is advised', then turn the TV off. Those are code words for, 'Turn the sound up; this is gonna be really good.'
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My dad would tell me bedtime stories, and he used to always leave them open-ended and finish at a crucial point with the words, 'dream on'. Then it was my responsibility to finish the story as I was drifting off to sleep. We would call them dreaming stories.
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You cannot make easy decisions unless you first commit yourself to hard solutions.
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My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006, I asked a boy begging on the streets, 'If you could have anything in the world, what would you want?' and he answered me with two words: 'A pencil.' Luckily, I had one in my pocket, and in the second it took me to give it to him, a defining dream was born.
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Every writer dreams of having the ability to hold forth for 8,000 words and pull all these different forms together: history, reportage, journalism. That was all I really wanted, and 'The Atlantic' was my first high-profile opportunity.
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I have no skills. I'm bad at most things.
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When I come across writing that really moves me and inspires me, my reaction is twofold. I want to share it with others and I want to draw something that is worthy of it. I love finding quotes that stop people-that really make them think. And I love the idea that my work, combined with meaningful words, can provide comfort or inspiration to someone.
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While wounds can be inflicted easily upon those we love, it's often much more difficult to heal them.
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If you don’t have time for the small things, you won’t have time for the big things.
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My parents got to see all my hard work pay off.
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Saying that you love is easy, but living up to those simple words is the most difficult thing you'll ever do.
