Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes
I tend to choose collaborators who are more courageous than I am. I think it's good for me.
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Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.
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I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.
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If an alien with an accounting degree touched down in America, it might conclude that we're a weird cult that spends 11 months living frugally and four crazy weeks buying tons of stuff we don't need. It wouldn't be entirely wrong, either.
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I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.
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I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've still got it.'
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There's depth in my comedy.
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White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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I got a psychology degree from USC, but music is just my whole life.
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The horror genre is vast and full of brilliance. Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Herman Melville, the book of Esther. I'll happily join that list.
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I come from a jazzy, acoustic, folky background. Everything has to work with melodies; the words have to have meaning.
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If a film is based on a true story and you don't use anyone's name, you can do what you like.
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The thing to remember about Obama is he doesn't care if you like him or I like him or somebody else does. He literally would rather do homework with his kids than be around other politicians. Does this make him unpopular at times? Yes. Does it make him ineffective? Most certainly not.
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You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.
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I tend to choose collaborators who are more courageous than I am. I think it's good for me.
