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Kate Atkinson Quotes

I usually start writing a novel that I then abandon. When I say abandon, I don't think any writer ever abandons anything that they regard as even a half-good sentence. So you recycle. I mean, I can hang on to a sentence for several years and then put it into a book that's completely different from the one it started in.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: english
Birth: December 20, 1951

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Writing Start Book Think You I Can

I am a very fortunate man, and I don't take it for granted.

Man I Am Take Fortunate Very Am

We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working.

Broken People Better Out Working

I always joke that everything else that I do is to support my theater habit.

Habit Support Always Everything Joke

I didn't quite fit in in any particular, specific way. I was a gay teenager who was into drama.

Gay Drama Way Fit Who Quite

I was really proactive in trying to heal my family. I wouldn't give up. My whole life was about trying to get my father healthier, and there were moments when he was healthier. Then someone would give him a drink. I always felt if he had one person in his life who supported his healthy side, he'd be on his way.

Sophie B. Hawkins

Life Family Father Someone Moments

When I had my tryout, just from two days being in the ring, learning to bump, hit the ropes, and things like that, I came home, and my back was just one huge bruise.

Learning Home Back Ring Two Days

Wyoming is a special place: Where our farmers and ranchers rise before dawn and work until night to feed our nation. Where our coal miners and oil field workers produce the energy that powers America's homes and businesses, and where our families are guided by faith, know the value of hard work, and deeply love our land.

Work Hard Work Love Faith Value

We women are fools to do so much for the man we love. And we forget to stand for ourselves.

Divyanka Tripathi

Love Women Man Stand Fools Forget

My definition, the definition that I've always believed in, is that esprit de corps means love for one's own military legion - in my case, the United States Marine Corps. It means more than self-preservation, religion, or patriotism. I've also learned that this loyalty to one's corps travels both ways: up and down.

Love Loyalty Patriotism Religion

A lot of actors I had worked with seemed mentally unbalanced. It's only a matter of time before I go nuts myself.

Time Myself Go Matter Nuts Only

As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing.

Change Nothing Would Far Concerned

I made a fairly bold pledge that I wanted Virginia to be the energy capital of the East Coast.

Energy Bold Capital Pledge Made

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