Kate Brown Quotes

I have spent my career fighting to make Oregon a place where everyone can thrive.

Kate Brown

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My first attempt at writing a novel was horrible. I had to throw it away. But I stuck with the idea, which is what became 'The Invisible Circus.'

Jennifer Egan

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You cannot live your life in the elitist world of fashion and not step out or you're disconnected. You have to realize that fashion is not the endgame.

Andre Leon Talley

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You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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I'm in heels more than flats, but when I wear very short dresses, I like small heels.

Jeanne Damas

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Over the long haul of life on this planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants.

Stewart Udall

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Batman gets close to the insanity of Gotham, to the craziness, to what drives that city mad, and not be driven mad himself - or, at least, most of the time he isn't. That's most like the mission of the C.I.A. We get into the heads of our enemies without becoming our enemy.

Tom King

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I've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde rock scene, because I think I was sort of swimming the wrong way, really.

Robert Wyatt

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I feel very privileged that I get to spend my life telling stories that mean something to people.

Mary Stuart Masterson

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It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart.

Jonathan Carroll

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Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.

Desi Arnaz

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I could be a housewife... I guess I've vacuumed a couple of times.

Debbie Harry

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I'm really into short-story collections and essays; they're my jam.

Phoebe Robinson

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