Katherine Dunn Quotes

We came to Portland because there was a good alternative public school. Friends who lived there told me about it, and my son loved it. I left his dad and went to work slinging hash in a breakfast diner and working nights tending bar in a biker tavern.

Katherine Dunn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 24, 1945 - May 11, 2016

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I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I felt proud.

Jessica Lynch

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I watch these old films in black and white, and suddenly the door opens, and there I am. The other day, I was wearing the most awful hat.

Joan Hickson

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This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide.

Anatoly Karpov

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Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away.

Matthew Arnold

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The real challenge lies in maintaining dignity while being funny. I am in awe of Krushna Abhishek's energy and Bharti Singh's wit. They are infectious and selfless.

Amruta Khanvilkar

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Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be done with it.

Alton Brown

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Thousands across America are glued to their web cast to hear this. And actually, I've never met one human being who said that they had seen one of those.

Spencer Abraham

AmericaSaidNeverHumanHuman Being

A lot of Scots have settled in Canada over the years and it's a very easy place for Scots - they understand us, we understand them.

Robert Carlyle

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I don't find movies interesting. I just want to do the movies that made me interested in getting into movies, and they're few and far between.

Jason Patric

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Facts are often complicated.

Josh Hawley

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Oh, I'm kooky.

Courteney Cox

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I was actually perfectly happy when I had no money, which lasted right up until we had a hit with Killer Queen, in 1974. I never wanted for anything.

Brian May

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