Caroline Knapp Quotes
Our culture thrives on black-and-white narratives, clearly defined emotions, easy endings, and so, this thrust into complexity exhausts.
Quotes to Explore
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Thanks to aid, a distressing number of African leaders care little about what their citizens want or need - after all it's the reverse of the Boston tea-party - no representation without taxation.
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Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.
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Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Prohibition, like so many other policies imposed from the moral high ground, typically by those who do not drink, disproportionately affects the poor who resort to illegally brewed alcohol when they want a drink, not infrequently leading to their death, and are more likely to be harassed by the police.
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In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.
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I've stayed focused on the job at hand representing the people of the 5th district... a voice for everyone rich or poor or male or female.
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I spent a good amount of my time - like a lot of guys my age - obsessing and blowing things up with G.I. Joes. I know it well.
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Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.
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I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
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Stock photos are used everywhere on the Net. Chances are, the website you are on right now uses stock photos somewhere - maybe as the featured image of the blog post. This also means that there will always be a large market for stock photographers.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?
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I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.
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We have a history of great producers - ABBA and Max Martin - we have proof of people being successful from Sweden.
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Reactionaries often describe both Marx and Lenin as theorists, without taking into consideration that their utopias inspired Russia and China - the two countries called upon to lead a new world which will allow for human survival if imperialism does not first unleash a criminal, exterminating war.
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There is no conclusive proof of Unidentified Flying Objects flying over India-China border.
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It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves.
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I'm terrible remembering lyrics. Before a tour, I have to remind myself. I have to go through the songs.
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This neo-minimalism super cold stuff is weird to me. I need a place where I can come home and take my shoes off.
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You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
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The most distinctive and largest contribution of Hinduism to India's culture is the doctrine of ahimsa.
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Our culture thrives on black-and-white narratives, clearly defined emotions, easy endings, and so, this thrust into complexity exhausts.
