Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
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There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money.
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Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.
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To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent.
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And the American public was able to make up their own mind whether this verdict was a just verdict or not. So I think there's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works or doesn't work, so I think there's a definite value there.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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I can't remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can't. I just do it bar for bar.
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
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The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
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We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through.
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My own writing has perhaps more of an American flavor than a British one, but that's because the stories I've so far written have needed it. 'Empire State,' 'Seven Wonders' and 'The Age Atomic' are all very place-centric, where the setting itself is almost a character. But there is a universality to story that isn't just limited to science fiction.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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'American Horror Story' is dark, so you shouldn't be expecting too much happiness.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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As a consumer, I don't create art, but I think whatever the message is, art has to touch you.
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When did you last have fun being dignified?
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African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country.
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It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.
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My best advice to anybody who has a child with a disability is to really find the tools for that person to thrive and find what their true passions are, because the rest will follow.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.
