Michiko Kakutani Quotes

I'm pretty omnivorous - in fact, I don't think of books in terms of genres. J. K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' books are no more Y.A. reading, to me, than John le Carre's 'Smiley' novels are spy stories.

Michiko Kakutani

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 9, 1955

Topics

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You don't read many scripts, especially for crime dramas, that feature a strong woman as the central character.

Jodie Whittaker

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It becomes very easy as an actor to immerse yourself when you're in the real places.

Joe Cole

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I'm a drugstore beauty girl, I love going to the drugstore and buying makeup.

Melanie Fiona

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The most important issue we have to deal with is freedom of movement.

Anna Lindh

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There aren't any fences to the imagination, and so there shouldn't be any for books.

Matt Haig

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I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.

Stephen Sondheim

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I guess my first professional experience was when my church choir director told my mother that I had a gift with my voice and said that I should think about auditioning, at 11 years old, for the chorus of our regional opera company.

Sondra Radvanovsky

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Fulfill - you can far more than fulfill - the brightest anticipations of those who, in the name of human freedom, and in the face of threats that have ripened into terrible realities since, fought that battle which placed you where you now stand.

Robert Dale Owen

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Those who are outraged will vote.

Roger Stone

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I think that business should be a reflection of who a person truly is.

Rohan Marley

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Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.

Mason Cooley

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When scientists are asked what they are working on, their response is seldom 'Finding the origin of the universe' or 'Seeking to cure cancer.' Usually, they will claim to be tackling a very specific problem - a small piece of the jigsaw that builds up the big picture.

Martin Rees

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