Christina Baker Kline Quotes

For a few years, skeins of yarn piled up in baskets around the house. There weren't enough humans in my mother's orbit to wear all the scarves and sweaters and hats she knitted. And then, as suddenly as she started, she lost interest, leaving needles still entwined in half-finished fragments.

Christina Baker Kline

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MotherEnoughHatsHouseLostShe

Fashion is so close in revealing a person's inner feelings and everybody seems to hate to lay claim to vanity so people tend to push it away. It's really too close to the quick of the soul.

Stella Blum

HateSoulPeopleFashionPushQuick

I have three kids, so children's literature is a big part of my life.

Tracy K. Smith

LifeChildrenMy LifeLiteratureBig

I have found having my dad as my North Star has worked well for me.

Tony Parsons

MeStarWellFoundNorthHaving

Without - you know, good intelligence stops plots against the homeland. Without that intelligence, we cannot effectively stop it.

Michael McCaul

GoodIntelligenceYouStopKnow

When I'm working with improv people, I give them the green light to just bring it and try things.

Jon Favreau

LightPeopleGreenTryImprovBring

I've been in the fortunate position of playing these strong, snarky female characters since Dana Gordon on 'Entourage.'

Constance Zimmer

StrongPositionPlayingFortunate

I got sober when I was 22 years old.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

SoberOldYearsGot

Children are so precious.

Shayne Ward

ChildrenPrecious

In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such. I've had Sharlito, Sheldon, Charldo, really interesting variations on the name. Some of them can get it, but many can't.

Sharlto Copley

StrugglePeopleNameInterestingGet

I think planks and crunches are an old-school simple move, but it's the way to go.

Nina Agdal

SimpleThinkGoWayMoveI Think

I wanted a theory that would allow one to live outside the office with the same philosophy one uses inside it.

Kenneth L. Pike

LivePhilosophyOfficeOutsideSame

I went from being a junior - and probably set to be Kushida's arch-nemesis until the cows came home - to suddenly being vaulted into the heavyweight title picture for the Intercontinental championship. That taught me a lesson: I couldn't put a limit on myself.

Kenny Omega

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