Kate Christensen Quotes

As my family saw them, men were untrustworthy, weak, and selfish. Our mother taught us to get along without them, to get along without much of anything, and to live well and have fun anyway.

Kate Christensen

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I've tried to be inclusive in my '2B' series. Over the course of three books, I wrote African-American characters, a paraplegic character, gay and lesbian characters, a bisexual, Jewish heroine, a multiracial hero, Korean and Chinese-American characters, and a multiracial supporting character.

Ann Aguirre

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Miami is not optimal for raising a child.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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I never decide or plan things.

Sridevi

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I hate publicists and publicity. But I love the people.

Tom Hardy

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It took about five years until we were properly over Freddie's passing. You learn to live with it.

Roger Taylor

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Most Scots might be able to identify six vegetables - but only two MSPs. There are parts of Scotland where you rarely get more than 40% turnout at the polls. There's a big disconnect there, and I think comedians bridge that gap.

Rory Bremner

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You got to get it while you can.

Janis Joplin

YouGotGetWhile

I build a wall around myself. I'm hard to get to know. Any trait you have, it gets worse as you go along.

Diane Keaton

MyselfYouWallGoKnowBuild

A noun is not a name you give something. It is something you watch becoming itself, and you have to have the patience to find out what it is.

Derek Walcott

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Although Omaha is my birthplace and the place I grew up, I don't see myself spending extended amounts of time there. I feel almost more comfortable and more at peace in New York.

Conor Oberst

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I grew up on British fiction, and I write perhaps more directly out of that tradition.

Claire Messud

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We've got to practice three weeks, get the kinks out, then we've got to practice three weeks with the crew, and then go out for four months. It's just a huge chunk of time out of life.

Bob Seger

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