Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
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When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.
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Love is the strongest and most fragile thing we have in life.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
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Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along.
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I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
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I've always fought as a heavyweight, and I didn't see any reason to fight at a lighter weight.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.
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Playing further up the pitch, you have more opportunities to score and provide assists, and it's something I liked right from the start.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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I'm not looking to be a trophy. When not acting, I spend my time studying metaphysics and quantum mechanics to keep my life as grounded as I can.
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I like to indulge all the facets of my personality. There's none that I don't think, in a way, I would want to take away from.
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People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. BecauHse people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it’s true, or because they are afraid it might be true.
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Libya stood as a source of stability in volatile northern Africa in 2011. The administration turned it into a failed state that exposed southern Europe to refugees and terrorist elements, all of which Gadhafi had warned about.
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That's another pompous expression that is out of fashion, to say that poetry is a gift. It sounds pompous because you say, 'Who gave you the gift, and what is this gift?' And the gift is where I am; the gift is what I have come out of, the people around me who, I think, are beautiful people.
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When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace.
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A wife is the earth itself, changing hands, bearing scars.
