J. A. Konrath Quotes
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
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The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
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Even if you throw your hair up in a quick topknot or ponytail, you can add instant polish by wearing a headband or bejeweled barrette.
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How well you eat and rest helps you analyse your energy reserves.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.
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Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.
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I say to you that the price of liberty is and always has been blood, human blood, and if our liberties are lost, we shall never regain them except at the price of blood. They must not be lost.
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I don't pay attention to auction prices. Nothing interests me less. One of the benefits of not being an artist is I don't have to navigate the social hierarchies of the art world as a person of desire. I don't need anything. I live in a different way.
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Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.
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