Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
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In those years of the Fifties, in London and New York, I lived, without knowing it, in a time when the profoundest changes were happening: when a radical alteration was getting ready to happen in the way a society saw young girls. And, as a consequence, in the way they saw themselves.
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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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One of the Life Saving men snapped the camera for us, taking a picture just as the machine had reached the end of the track and had risen to a height of about two feet.
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I am no genius; I just worked hard like my other teammates, and I believe all my teammates can win the title as they work hard, too.
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I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it's just a game.
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Message boards are like going to a Halloween masquerade party. Everybody has a screen name.
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What irritates me is the bland way people go around saying, 'Oh, our attitude has changed. We don't dislike these people any more.' But by the strangest coincidence, they haven't taken away the injustice; the laws are still on the books.
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A wife is the earth itself, changing hands, bearing scars.
