Katori Hall Quotes

Most of the time, when I'm writing, I'm writing for myself. I'm thinking, 'What will my character say at this time? What will come out of her mouth?' I create individuals so real to me, I sometimes start talking to them. Then I let them loose on the page.

Katori Hall

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We spent an enormous amount of time as hominids and as primates living as hunter-gatherers. That is the natural way for us to live, and we're suddenly living in this profoundly unnatural way, and we're still in the process of adapting to it and working out how to live with it.

Spencer Wells

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President Obama helped move this country forward.

Tony Cardenas

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I didn't really enjoy reading until I married my wife and we began reading the Bible out loud to each other every day. I enjoy reading now, and there is a whole world of books out there to explore.

Roger McGuinn

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A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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I've made stupid investments. I've made stupid decisions as an employee. I've made foolish decisions as a manager. I've gotten fired. I've lost businesses. I went through all of those things.

Jon Taffer

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When our son's autism was diagnosed at the age of 2, there was no clear prognosis. We didn't even know if he'd ever learn to talk. But we found talented people to work with him and he improved, slowly at first and then more rapidly.

Claire Scovell LaZebnik

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Like most people, I was not able to start selling my stories right away. So I had many other jobs along the way to becoming a writer, including toy maker, gravedigger, cookware salesman, and assembly line worker. Eventually, I became an elementary teacher and worked with second and fourth graders.

Bruce Coville

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I kind of resent the idea that the whole world has to be interested in the American elections.

Arundhati Roy

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Sundance is the only hand that feeds for women directors.

Allison Anders

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I am flattered to have been the woman to have opened the door for female rockers to be accepted into the mainly male industry.

Suzi Quatro

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If you think about it, Aretha did basically the same things that I do.

Peabo Bryson

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You're always just trying to make your film, tell the story you're trying to tell - best you can, you know.

Richard Linklater

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