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Katherine Dunn Quotes

My background is standard American blue collar of the itchy-footed variety. We're new-world mongrels. The women in the family read horoscopes, tea leaves, coffee bubbles, Tarot cards and palms.

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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Family Women Coffee Tea Blue Cards

The interesting part is that most of the kids I speak to have grown up watching 'Full House', so they feel like they know me and can talk to me.

Jodie Sweetin

Me Speak Feel Interesting House Up

I'm the least-experimental writer. The idea of trying things just for the sake of pushing the envelope, that's never really interested me.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Me Trying Never Things Just Pushing

Give yourself pleasure; see your friends; go to the movies.

Jennifer Grey

Yourself Friends Go Movies See Give

Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition. Mostly, I'm interested in doing real sports.

John Skipper

Sports Competition Doing Chess Real

We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case.

Silvio Berlusconi

Hope Justice Peace War Action Say

We have not created any sort of democratic test for any nation.

Mikheil Saakashvili

Test Nation Democratic Created Sort

I spent six figures of my own money to get a tour bus and do a fan tour for my second album. I surprised fans at their houses, and we'd eat food and play video games.

Logic

Food Money Video Games Play My Own

I think people have a responsibility, if they write a letter, to make sure that they saw it themselves and it's not hearsay.

Diane English

Responsibility People Think Write

Every sentence stands on its own. Whether that's fair or not, that's kind of the way it is.

Chris Hayes

Kind Way Fair Own Every Sentence

After high school, I earned a scholarship to play Division I soccer at a small school in North Carolina, but I didn't get much playing time, which forced me to determine who I was beyond the field, something I had previously never had to do.

Clint Smith

Time School Me Small High School

Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.

Brennan Manning

Faith Hope Trust Down Person Jesus

People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it.

Arne Jacobsen

People Care Chair Buy Who Really