J. A. Konrath Quotes
No one was interested in picking up a midlist series, even though I have a decent fanbase and respectable numbers.
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I had read Plato and Kant, but I had forgotten it.
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I like sitting close to windows.
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
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We have to be careful not to have a form of militant secularism in our country, which is counter-productive for children we would like to see - adhere - to secularism.
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Billionaires like the Koch brothers, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and political puppet master Karl Rove should not be able to buy our elections. Secret money should not be able to drown out the voices of the American people and sell our Democracy to the highest bidder.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.
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I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than rice and absorb other flavours more wholeheartedly.
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Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does.
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Unfortunately, the United States has entered into several free trade agreements that do not sufficiently protect and support our manufacturing industries and the millions of American workers they employ.
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Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
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The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing.
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The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things. And I draw my courage from my love for justice and truth, and I calm my fears by comforting those who are more scared than me. And I try to do my best to make the world a better place, one small action at a time, as good as I can.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
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Ultimately, when I go back to the stage, I want to be able to do everything. I want to be able to do music and comedy and all that stuff; that's what all this stuff is leading to.
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I couldn't believe verse was supposed to be hard. It was a snap for me. I loved Shakespeare.
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When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'
Gail Devers
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When you're in your mid-thirties, the cult of people who have children around you all want you in their cult, and they constantly ask you, 'So when are you going to have a baby?'
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You know, if you have a zoo you don't want the other creatures to see you. You want them to hang out and act properly and, you know, when the monkeys will come and ask for the bananas, they won't act like monkeys. If you want them to act on what their true nature is, you've got to leave them alone.
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quoted in American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good (2015)
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I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.
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Indians have a big problem with alcohol and drugs. I grew up with an admiration for their culture and was sensitive to their problems.
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No one was interested in picking up a midlist series, even though I have a decent fanbase and respectable numbers.
