Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes
My son is such a lover, such a caretaker and so funny. He's seven, and he genuinely cracks me up. And my daughter is a fearless powerhouse. They fill me with wonder and admiration.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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Today there are paparazzi out, I'm doing a day of press, I'm in a hotel, I've just been on Radio 1. But when I'm in my day-to-day life people don't know who I am and I'm left to my own devices.
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I don't think young men or women should feel pressured into marriage. You shouldn't marry anyone, in my opinion, who you have to try hard for.
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
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I'm very grateful to God for what he gives me. Victories, remarkable victories, but you have to go through the defeats. That is why I praise God for everything.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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I always have to be writing.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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E-governance is easy governance, effective governance, and also economic governance. E-governance paves the way for good governance.
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When I travel with my kids abroad, I am not myself, but I'm more a father who wants to protect them. Sometimes, I am even aggressive about certain things and get surprised seeing myself like that: for instance, when people want to take pictures of them. I am fine if they want to take my pictures, but they are not public property.
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I know, logically, about the fact that there are fans of my work in America, but it's hard for that feeling to sink in.
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My dad grew up in a mud hut and studied by candlelight. He was 14 when he got a scholarship to Russia. He was super clever - the cleverest person. He landed in 5ft of snow, and was alone at 14, studying science and engineering. He didn't have a bed, and he slept on a table.
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I grew up in the '90s. My goal isn't to be a '90s rapper, but I have little hints of '90s influence in my music. It's a modern approach to classic rap.
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You have to make a lot of sacrifices, and the main thing you have to sacrifice is your privacy. It's funny because when I was growing up, my daddy was and still is an insurance agent in our home town. He couldn't go anywhere without somebody recognizing him or needing something from him.
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Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.
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I'm confident and really optimistic.
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What people who are doing shift work or managing shift workers or deciding to put people on shift schedules to begin with should realize that we're not robots.
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My son is such a lover, such a caretaker and so funny. He's seven, and he genuinely cracks me up. And my daughter is a fearless powerhouse. They fill me with wonder and admiration.
