Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.
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The world needs some help.
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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As a mom, you do what you have to do without even thinking about it.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
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Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.
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When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty much the testing, the first flight testing of the space station arm.
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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
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The truth about love is that you don't always fall in love with whom you are supposed to fall in love with. Love just hits you. It is a transcendent thing. Sometimes it is your best friend's husband and sometimes it's your father. It's weird. But that's a fact of life.
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Texting is fingered speech. Now we can write the way we talk.
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I always had the idea that I wanted to perform. I love being the center of attention - and I always love talking about myself.
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They who live without Love are dead. / But the worst of all deaths is this -- / That the loving soul be cowardly toward Love; / For perfect Love is never cowardly, / But claims its rights, which it lacks.
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People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.
