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 don't use 'always do this,' 'never say that' and I never give advice because I'm not the end-all, be-all authority.
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Meanwhile back at mama's.The porch light's on, come in if you wanna.Supper's on the stove and beer's in the fridge.Red sun sinkin' out low on the ridge.Games on the tube and daddy smokes cigarettes.Whiskey keeps his whistle wet.Funny the things you thought you'd never miss.In a world gone crazy as this.
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You amp things up and you speed things up, but technically, you can still be legally correct. This is the big beef I have with novels as well as television shows - it actually makes for a better show when you accommodate the truth.
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I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.
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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.
