Kate Morton Quotes
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I was an English major in college!
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black, female, disabled, middle-aged, queer person who's most comfortable not fitting in. The odds still aren't great, mind you. But I'll take my chances with the 21st century.
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I am a shy person, basically. I don't think I can take my shirt off in front of so many people. I never thought about it. No one asked me to. But I don't even know if people like it if they see me without a shirt all of a sudden. But let's see, if a film demands it, I might just do it.
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There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we understood that progress has nothing to do with the chronology of an idea.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate.
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Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic.
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If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat.
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When you're young, you're stupid.
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In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff.
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Failure is a part of success.
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The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other people.
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Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
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I believe I am a moderate Democrat: I am pro-business and also progressive.
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What fascinated me, it was not the glory, but the contact with the public.
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If nobody comes to your shows, then it's modern dance. If everybody comes to your shows and no one likes it, is that ballet? I don't know.
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But there is nothing enduring in the world, and therefore even joy in the second minute is already not as acute as in the first; in the third minute it becomes still weaker and finally merges unnoticeably with the usual condition of the soul, as a circle on the water, caused by the fall of a pebble, finally merges with the smooth surface.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap.
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A true friend is a light in the dark.
