Karen Thompson Walker Quotes

I love conventional apocalypse movies. In movies, I like to be with the president, or the scientist trying to solve the problem, but that's not the kind of fiction that I like to read.

Karen Thompson Walker

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The clarinet chose me more than I chose the clarinet.

Anat Cohen

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My faith and reason tell me that God created the world, and I'm not particularly interested in the details. I'll find out when I meet my Maker.

Ann Coulter

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So I have this word for much of what I do in life: 'plorking.' I'm not playing and I'm not working, I'm plorking.

Jeff Bridges

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A while ago I did a story comparing the change in employment rates in recessions in the U.S. and in Europe, and what I found was that America fired a lot of people and rehired a lot of people faster than Europe. That difference is disappearing, and that is a problem.

Amity Shlaes

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I don't have much of an attention span for TV - I nod off during the basketball playoffs - but when I watch 'Game of Thrones' on On Demand, I'm glued to the set. It's mystical and addictive. Tyrion Lannister, that's my man.

Steve Harvey

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I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!

Shirley Manson

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Sexism is not the fault of women - kill your fathers, not your mothers.

Robin Morgan

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Weak presidents are neither respected nor electorally rewarded by their publics.

Monica Crowley

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It is not the task of a reader to please her subjects.

Joyce Maynard

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The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress.

Joseph McCabe

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I am a lefty, though I bat right-handed... When I was a kid I pitched, played first, outfield and shortstop as well. Now it's mainly softball with some friends.

Josh Charles

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'Rage' is the word that most often attaches itself to the Tea Party movement, and it's true that, from the outside looking in, their public demonstrations appear to be more enraged than any political events in America since the race riots and anti-war protests of the 1960s.

Jonathan Raban

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