Karen Abbott Quotes

I had spent five years not earning a penny, getting rejected. Thank God I had a husband who was supportive and encouraging. But I still said to myself, 'If the Everleighs doesn't sell, I'm finished with writing forever.' I was going to get an office job.

Karen Abbott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 23, 1973

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GodMyselfJobWritingHusbandSaid

The perfect gadget would somehow allow me to fly. Isn't that what everybody wants? It would also cook a damn good microwave pizza. So while in flight you had something to eat - an in-flight meal. Where would I go? Well, nowadays, it would probably just take me to work a lot quicker.

John Krasinski

WorkGoodPizzaMeFlyYou

Yes, there have to be places for safe wonderful stories.

Maurice Sendak

PlacesSafeYesWonderfulStories

Do you like my suit? I think this is an amazing suit, don't you think?

Tom Selleck

AmazingThinkYouSuitLikeI Think

We need creativity. We need more poetry after Auschwitz.

Rithy Panh

CreativityPoetryMoreNeedAfter

Humans seem to be programmed to think of ambivalent feelings at the same time. That is the driving force behind human beings: to be the warrant of all things and to control other worlds.

RM

TimeControlThinkDrivingFeelings

I wanted to be Gene Kelly. Well really, I just wanted to dance with Cyd Charisse.

Robin Cousins

DanceWellJustWantedReallyGene

People are more naturally protective of what they create than of what they consume.

Mitchell Baker

PeopleCreateMoreThanProtective

I really love a lot of early Sixties R&B, rock n' roll, and I love performing songs that have that power and soulfulness.

Johnny Flynn

LovePowerEarlyRockSixtiesRoll

You can't pay for healthcare if we're sending a trillion dollars a year to dictators.

Brian Schweitzer

YearYouHealthcarePayDictators

Cutting, and suicide, two very different symptoms of the same problem, are gaining on us. I personally don't know a single person who doesn't know at least two of these victims personally.

Pink

ProblemSuicidePersonKnowSingle

I have now spent over a year trying to figure where in the workplace I belong.

Paulina Porizkova

TryingYearNowWorkplaceOver

In the fantasy, sci-fi world, the fans are so discerning and they're so tough and they're so intelligent, and they're so critical.

Scott Bakula

WorldToughFantasyIntelligentFans

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