Kim Harrison Quotes
Teens like a lot of the same things adults do: smart people doing amazing things against awful odds.
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I'm not Cinderella.
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Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.
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I made my parents crazy. As a kid, I redecorated my bedroom every month. I would literally save my allowance and go buy things.
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I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
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I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.
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I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
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I'm used to being part of 'Game of Thrones' and going into something where you're a small part of something else. You don't want to hold anything up because they've got such a well-oiled machine going.
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I was always looking to record, but how much I actually pursued it was another thing. The major labels weren't that interested in me, and the smaller labels didn't have any money to do anything.
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I think, by nature you know, I'm very attracted and I gravitate toward the very strong girl who can watch a ballgame, but who's also extremely feminine.
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Everyone Instagrams all the people they are with. I get that it's part of the job. But there's a point where it's like, 'Can't you just be a person and have a separate life to your job?'
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To me, a lot people really get wrapped up in the technical side of metal and what's metal and what's not and more double-kick and more blast beats and more technicality, but for me, I'm a song person. So I think you can write good songs in any type of style of rock and any type of style of metal, and that's kind of what I'm a fan of.
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Generally, older people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are running most countries and are CEOs of corporations. Which isn't to say there aren't entrepreneurs, but if the young were better in every respect, there'd be no reason for the old. Our life span reflects our particular life strategy.
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Whether you and I and a few others will renew the world some day remains to be seen. But within ourselves we must renew it each day.
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Teens like a lot of the same things adults do: smart people doing amazing things against awful odds.
