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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I never really approach any project or story thinking of themes first or what a certain character 'represents.' Maybe other writers do, but for me, it just starts with the characters and a certain emotion I want to convey. It usually isn't until I get deeper into a book and look back a bit that I start to see the themes, etc.
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I want to be a good actress, I want to be a good person, and I want to play baseball.
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After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.
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People sometimes feel frustrated about what's going on in our oceans and environment, and 'Whale Wars' shows that ordinary people can take action and make things happen.
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I think the Shiites want a theocracy.
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I tend to choose collaborators who are more courageous than I am. I think it's good for me.
