Kate Morton Quotes
There's a market for mysteries for adults. That feeling of opening a book and delving inside and not coming out until you've closed the book.
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A few weeks after my mom passed in November of 2013, I came back from an injury and entered the Egg Bowl in the second half against Ole Miss. I'll never forget the feeling when I walked back out on the field. As I walked into the Egg Bowl, the crowd stood up and clapped like they were enveloping me in a giant hug.
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Girls love guys who dance, and I'm definitely going to be the first one on the dance floor. Usually, you just see guys sitting around, but I definitely don't hold back when it comes to dancing.
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Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it.
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The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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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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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.
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I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
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I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed my comic book and tore it up. I was really upset, but then she brought in a pile of books from her own library. That was the best thing that ever happened to me.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.
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I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
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I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of getting thoughts and ideas and plots and characters organised into this narrative framework.
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You can actually be bored stiff while you're dying.
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Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.
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You can't get more for less. You get what you pay for.
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In the end, I think you really only get as far as you're allowed to get.
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If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.
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Teamwork requires some sacrifice up front; people who work as a team have to put the collective needs of the group ahead of their individual interests.
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The women's movement was just coming into being, and I got involved with Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug and all these great women. We then got involved with Carter, who was running for president, and we created the first International Women's Conference or the National Women's Conference for Carter.
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Directing a film is a lot of work.
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There's a market for mysteries for adults. That feeling of opening a book and delving inside and not coming out until you've closed the book.
