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Sara Paretsky Quotes

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: June 8, 1947

Topics

Science College Graduation Political

I had kids make fun of me because not only was I blonde but also Polish.

Fun Me Blonde Because Only Kids

My attitude goes back to my childhood. I used to audition for theatrical roles, and you can't stand out in a room full of ambitious eight-year-old girls by acting the wallflower. I realised then that I couldn't do things half-heartedly.

Attitude Childhood Stand You Acting

Higher asset prices increase wealth and, with a lag, induce higher spending.

Wealth Asset Prices Higher Lag

I didn't know so well chess theory, the theory of chess openings. And so, of course I knew the theory, but not on the level of the best players, so this was my... this was always my weakness.

Best Weakness Know Chess Always

Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.

Life School My Life Class More Most

If the guardians of society, the protectors of 'young persons,' could have had their way, we should have known nothing of Byron or Shelley. The voices that thrill the world would now be silent.

Robert Green Ingersoll

World Society Young Silent Nothing

I'm still digging long-established bands like U2 - they're new to me!

Me New Digging Still Like Bands

Ever since the end of Medieval feudalism, and the writings of John Locke, we have understood the importance of being able to buy and sell one's own property, including books and watches, both for reasons of economics and liberty.

Economics End Watches Liberty Own

When I started caregiving, I was not on very firm ground. My first marriage had dissolved. I was working at an ice-cream stand in my thirties. I learned that when you don't have anything to give, that's when you really give, and then you get back so much more.

Jonathan Evison

Marriage Stand You Back More First

I don't like being surrounded by yes men.

Men Yes Surrounded Being Like

On 'The Messenger,' just imagining playing the part of a soldier in that movie was kind of hard for me. And in 'Rampart,' the idea of playing a cop was even harder. It was hard to imagine myself as a cop.

Woody Harrelson

Myself Me Kind Hard Soldier Playing

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world.

Poetry World Understanding Understand

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