Katherine Dunn Quotes

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and terrorist groups around the planet.

Katherine Dunn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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America has been conditioned to think of pasta as the never-ending pasta bowl and Olive Garden.

Joe Bastianich

ThinkAmericaGardenPastaBeen

I always grew up watching things transform, and a lot of that was what we would call trash.

Jeremy Scott

TrashWatchingAlwaysUpThingsLot

I love pushing my boundaries and seeing how far I can go without, you know, dying or injuring myself too badly. On set I was like, 'Give me some stunts! Give me whatever you want. Throw it at me. I want to do it all.'

Spencer Grammer

LoveMyselfMeYouSeeingI Can

I was weirdly obsessed with music until I was 11, and then I turned into a nerd.

Sia

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It turns out that the very genes that turn on in cancer cells perform vital functions in normal cells. In other words, the very genes that allow our embryos to grow or our brains to grow, our bodies to grow, if you mutate them, if you distort them, then you unleash cancer.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

WordsGrowYouTurnOutNormal

Fame and stuff like that is all very cool, but at the end of the day, we're all human beings. Although what I do is incredibly surreal and fun and amazing and I'm really grateful for it, I don't believe my own press release, do you know what I mean?

Tom Hardy

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I grew up reading the newspapers, mostly the sports section. I was a wrestler and would check to see if I was ranked.

Michael Pena

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In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn't know how to write essays.

Jose Saramago

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My wife likes me better when I'm writing. It centers me and makes me more calm. When I go a long time without writing, I start getting frustrated.

Jonás Cuarón

TimeWifeMeWritingStartCalm

Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used.

Denis Leary

BasketballUpWhereUsedCourts

The U.S. prison system, over all, disproportionately affects black and brown people, but people of color are overrepresented to a greater degree in private prisons.

Clint Smith

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I don't think I'll ever feel like I'm cancer-free.

Cobie Smulders

ThinkFeelLikeEver

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