Caroline Knapp Quotes
I walk into a health club locker room and feel an immediate impulse toward scrutiny, the kneejerk measuring of self against other: 'That one has great thighs, this one's gained weight, who's thin, who's fat, how do I compare?'
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I was lucky enough to go home and raise our babies.
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The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
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I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.
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I have a great office.
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No one pays me to be nice.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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I came up not understanding that a lot of people didn't start to hear music until they went to college or were turned on by an older brother or sister.
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There is a solid satisfaction in one's having and being conscious that he merits the good opinion of men of true discernment and real worth. But to have a name among the weak and the wicked is shame and reproach.
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Well, I'm an independent person.
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We are not in the regime of Aurangzeb. We are in the regime of rule of law. When rule of law is concerned, it applies to government, it applies to Supreme Court, it applies to everybody.
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I just don't want to get in a situation where I'm negotiating my health for money.
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I started off as a rapper from Thunder Bay, Ontario, believe it or not. There was a little group of 10 or 12 of us that would get together and copy each other's cassettes. So I was a rapper first, and it was that music that got me into this great entertainment world and got me out of Thunder Bay.
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First, accept sadness. Realize that without losing, winning isn't so great.
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My summer reading suggestion: Pick a really famous, really long novel.
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It's evolve or die, really, you have to evolve, you have to move on otherwise it just becomes stagnant.
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I walk into a health club locker room and feel an immediate impulse toward scrutiny, the kneejerk measuring of self against other: 'That one has great thighs, this one's gained weight, who's thin, who's fat, how do I compare?'
