Cynthia Kadohata Quotes
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I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.
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I'm the kind of girl who thinks about what she's gonna cook for dinner when she's finishing her lunch.
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I always drive like a madman.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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On the national security front, Rick Santorum is superior to any candidate I know.
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And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
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When I was growing up in Pennsylvania, auditioning for Broadway was my dream.
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Cotton Mather's publications in his own lifetime amounted to more than 400 titles, and his magnum opus, on which he labored most of his life, remains unpublished: a commentary on every verse of every book of the Bible. Anyone who leaves that kind of record behind issues an irresistible invitation to historians.
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Only a free West can help the prisoners of today's left- and right-wing dictatorships.
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Ray Bradbury published his first story 29 years before I was born. He established himself as an international writer long before I arrived. When my mom was nine months pregnant with me, my father read Bradbury aloud to her as I listened intently, in utero. And I later became his biographer.
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I always joke that I want to be able to retire from boxing and still be able to look into the mirror without seeing scars all over my face. I love my sport, but I would rather not have to spend hours doing my makeup to cover up the memories once I retire.
Mandy Bujold -
I think there's always room for more innovation and new things.
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So, I understand when they make a mistake and everyone at home is throwing their shoe at the television set.
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I'm not closing the door on my solo career, but with 5th Story, if the public demand is there, then I'll continue to work with the band. If not, we'll all go our separate ways again.
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I still like to walk around and take photographs, but it's hard to do that if a lot of people are looking at you.
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One of the things about animal rights, which is not the only thing that I care about in this world, is that your money can bring success. I see results.
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International rock star - gravy maker extraordinaire.
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Your writing is still yours, no matter what the contract or your editor might say. Trust your gut. It knows when you're screwing up. Your brain will lie to you. It loves the paycheck, it loves positive feedback. Your gut is under no obligation to make you feel good.
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Yoga carves you into a different person - and that is satisfying physically.
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They [leaders in Western Europe] do not misuse financial instruments, financial injections, but, first of all, seek structural change. This is urgent for our economy as well, maybe even more urgent bearing in mind the problem that we cannot yet deal with, namely the prevalence of the oil and gas sector in the Russian Federation and, as a result, dependence on revenue from oil and gas.
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I grew up in California, and when I read that Proposition 8 was on the ballot, I was disappointed because it seemed to be inconsistent with the spirit of the state, with the independence and diversity of the frontier that California has always been.
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You feel almost a part of the wheat when you're sitting in a combine.
