Nancy Kress Quotes

Words that add no new information or aren't repeated for emphasis are just padding. A sentence may carry three or five or eight of them, each one as unnoticeable as an extra two ounces on your hips but collectively adding up to a large burden of fat.

Nancy Kress

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 20, 1948

Topics

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I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine.

John Lydon

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Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.

Anita Brookner

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If you look at their voting habits and their eating habits, you realize people are stupid.

RuPaul

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My work is very popular with performers, and there are theatre people who get what I'm doing and what tradition I'm working in. I'm very grateful to them - they're my people, who understand why I work the way I do.

Jason Robert Brown

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When the time comes to raise rates, I do think there will be some benefits that flow through to savers.

Janet Yellen

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I always loved strange stories like the Dr. Seuss stuff. 'Go, Dog. Go!' was one of my favorite stories - it still is. It's just such a bizarre yet true book. And I did well reading and writing as a kid throughout school. I think early on that's what made me realize what an advantage that is.

Jon Scieszka

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Every state in America has an end of life directive or durable power of attorney provision. For the peace of mind of your children and your spouse as well as the comfort of knowing the government won't make these decisions, it's a very popular thing. Just not everybody's aware of it.

Johnny Isakson

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I own everything. I own my RV, my house, my trucks, my boat. Everything is paid for.

Donald Cerrone

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The writer's goal is to try to make it frightening without describing it too much, and yet not making it so grey that you don't know what's going on... Your imagination can imagine all sorts of really horrible things, and if you're able to prolong that feeling, then you've succeeded.

Arthur Slade

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I love big popcorn movies.

Alicia Vikander

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I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Focus on eating real, whole, natural foods. As I love to say, if you can pick it, pluck it, milk it, or shoot it, you can eat it!

Suzanne Somers

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