Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or precious, or they create a plot by being kidnapped or dying.
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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First of all, returning from motherhood, I was looking for something lighter, and I wasn't as much attracted to Kate as I was to the relationship between the two people.
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I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
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I don't think at Pixar we'd ever make something that was too scary for general audiences.
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We have to be aware that fossil fuel energy sources have an expiry date. A timeframe of 30, 40 or 50 years can seem a long time to get rewards for economic policy, but it's only a short time for implementing a new energy policy.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.
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I think love is the through line and it's universal and it doesn't matter what period of time, time or place, or people, that's something we all connect to. That's the thin thread that I think keeps it altogether.
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Every damn thing is your own fault, if you are any good.
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Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.
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There is nothing more important to improve humanity than education.
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I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or precious, or they create a plot by being kidnapped or dying.
