Kelly Marie Tran Quotes
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I guess I went into journalism to save the world. I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.
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At first blush, it seems odd that loser lit books are rejected initially, then go on to be fiercely loved by legions of readers. This apparent contradiction might be due to the fact that if they didn't screw up their lives, most losers would be the kind of power-elite, Type A go-getters whom readers love to hate.
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I grew up on Raffi. That was my first impression of what a rock star was.
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It's real nice and exciting for me to break the records, but it's more exciting for me to be on a winning team.
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No parent would fail to call the doctor if their child developed a fever.
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When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.
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It's impossible that we're alone in the universe. Every time we think we're more special than others, we're proven wrong.
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Nobody really doubted me playing football, making it to the NFL. I was like, 'I know I can do that.'
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I'm a very conceptual writer.
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To my mind, it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives. But it is something you cannot possibly escape: your psychological make-up is such that you are inclined to look back over your shoulder.
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The beauty of man's being, fashioned as he is in the fairest of forms, demonstrates the existence of the Maker, while at the same time the fact that, together with his comprehensive abilities, lodged in that fairest of forms, he soon declines and dies, demonstrates the existence of the resurrection.
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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one.
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The most interesting place I've gone on location was New Orleans.
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In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo.
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It's hard as a young person of a different ethnicity or background to look at the TV and not see anyone who looks like you. Representation is very important.
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Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job.
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The moral ambivalence of the great mother goddesses has been conveniently forgotten by those American feminists who have resurrected them. We cannot grasp nature's bare blade without shedding our own blood.
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Politically speaking, tribal nationalism [patriotism] always insists that its own people are surrounded by 'a world of enemies' - 'one against all' - and that a fundamental difference exists between this people and all others. It claims its people to be unique, individual, incompatible with all others, and denies theoretically the very possibility of a common mankind long before it is used to destroy the humanity of man.
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Life isn't about what happens to you, it's about how you handle what happens.
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I feel like I'm always talking about myself, and I love not talking about myself.
