Kate Christensen Quotes

Broccoli, when overboiled, produces a sulfuric stench that causes children to gag the instant they enter the house.

Kate Christensen

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I don't feel I could've played major league baseball.

Jim Brown

BaseballFeelPlayedMajorLeague

America is facing a looming shortage of doctors, nurses, and physicians' assistants.

John Barrasso

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If you can pay enough people to buy your .99 ebook and review it positively, and crack one of Amazon's bestseller lists, readers are going to check it out. Especially at a low price point like .99. Customers are suckers for the fallacy that the cream rises to the top.

Andrew Shaffer

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To me, crazy is not someone who has a creative vision and will fight for it.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

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But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is wonderful and the pessimist believes it's beset by challenges; the difference is the pessimist believes we will be defeated by them; the optimist thinks the challenges can be overcome.

Tony Blair

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Your humble critic confesses that he has been wrestling with 'weight issues' since leaving college lo these, uh, several years ago, so it's hard to be receptive to the moralistic scolding and patronizing encouragement offered endlessly by the allegedly well-meaning.

Tom Shales

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They used to complain at school that I looked out of the window for long periods of time - that sums up my life. I like to look out the window, do nothing, daydream.

Ritchie Blackmore

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I've often wondered if the trade-off for growing up in the relative newness and freshness of the West Coast was befuddlement when it comes to historical preservation. We don't have many old things, and we don't really know what to do with the few that are around when our default response is to compost or field burn.

Mary Pilon

Growing UpGrowingKnowBurnOldUp

A period piece is a great opportunity for an actress. I love acting because I love to pretend, and when you're doing a period piece, then even the time you're in is pretend, so there's that much more to play with.

Mary Steenburgen

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Life is about luck and it's about circumstances and socioeconomic conditions and all the rest of it, but you know, you can also make choices. It's about spirit and generosity and all the other things, too.

Mike Leigh

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As a former EPA administrator under a Republican president, I recognize that it is easy to hate regulations in general. After all, regulatory action causes people to spend money or change behavior, often to solve problems they do not believe exist.

Christine Todd Whitman

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There comes a real loneliness in celebrity where you're constantly told you're part of an out group in your own society.

Cole Sprouse

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