Caroline Knapp Quotes

I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree.

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• To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • People
  • Today
  • White

• I want to do an American 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • American
  • Want

• It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.

  

  Barbara Mandrell
  • Family
  • Bad
  • Difficult

• My wife Kris and I enjoy keeping an active lifestyle, so it's hard to imagine what it would be like if breathing problems kept me from participating in the activities I love to do. But that's exactly what happens to many people who develop COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Problems
  • Lifestyle
  • Breathing

• The less food, the more time to talk, the more to talk about.

  

  Damon Wayans
  • Time
  • Food
  • Talk

• I have a different relationship with Chucky because he's been on top of my bookshelf in the corner of my living room for my entire life. He was a great tool for scaring friends, and when I see him in different theme parks I've been to, or in commercials, my heart swells a little bit, and I'm like, 'Aww! It's my Chucky!'

  

  Fiona Dourif
  • Life
  • Great
  • Different

• The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view.

  

  Garry Trudeau
  • Place
  • Rights
  • View

• 'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Up
  • Success
  • Film

• If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • Lose
  • Terms

• People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • People
  • Good
  • Thought

• I grew up in Florida riding horses, so for the majority of my life I was either in boots and jeans or a bathing suit.

  

  Kate Upton
  • Life
  • Up
  • My Life

• When I'm writing a movie, it's usually pretty close to what the movie is going to be, which is just a luxury of being a writer-director.

  

  J. C. Chandor
  • Writing
  • Movie
  • Pretty

• I definitely I prefer to sing in the car. I don't sing in the shower, maybe its because that's the one time I don't need to talk to anyone so I should just shut up, otherwise I'm just, you know, jibber jabber.

  

  Haley Reinhart
  • Up
  • Time
  • Know

• You know, the Bible is so clear. Go to Genesis chapter nine and you will find the death penalty clearly stated in Genesis chapter nine... God ordains the death penalty!

  

  Rafael Cruz
  • God
  • Death
  • Bible

• I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Live
  • Years
  • Jerusalem

• You know, having raised animals all my life for 50-something years, I would say that you know, I'm fascinated by cats.

  

  Jack Hanna
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Cats

• For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Night
  • Girl
  • Mom

• Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests.

  

  C. Wright Mills
  • Political
  • Government
  • Moral

• I have a lot of admiration for those who build tactical systems, but I always thought the most important thing a good coach must do is build the team around the characteristics of his players.

  

  Claudio Ranieri
  • Good
  • Important
  • Team

• I had never, ever drunk beer in high school, and by the time I got to Tech we were having these parties out in the cotton fields and getting so drunk. I was the champion beer drinker; suddenly I was pouring it down my throat... Insane! Insane!

  

  Bob Livingston
  • Time
  • School
  • High

• This thing that I do with caring about the message in my music, it's not separate from my work as a commercial artist; they're totally one and the same. I'm always going to be thinking about what my voice means.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Work
  • Music
  • Thinking

• When we ask for the abolition of the State and its organs we are always told that we dream of a society composed of men better than they are in reality. But no; a thousand times, no. All we ask is that men should not be made worse than they are, by such institutions!

  

  Peter Kropotkin
  • Men
  • Dream
  • Society

• Right now, for anybody in this organization - I would hope in the entire town - to be focused on anything other than Philly would be ridiculous. We're getting ready to play the most important game that a lot of our players will play. ... If we lose the game, we're not going anywhere. So my mind-set is on one thing, Philadelphia. That's the way I feel about it.

  

  Joe Gibbs
  • Important
  • Mind
  • Hope

• I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree.

  

  Caroline Knapp
  • Nature