Karen Joy Fowler Quotes

I had a very loyal cult-like following, I feel. And I don't mean to complain about that.

Karen Joy Fowler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 7, 1950

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There's not millions of dollars riding behind something - so I think a lot of people took chances on me and cast me in roles in Chicago that I never would have gotten cast in possibly if I had come to New York right away. I got to be the not-your-typical-choice for a role.

Jessie Mueller

New YorkPeopleMeThinkNewNever

The beginnings of CTE can start quite early.

Ann McKee

GreenBornOutsideRightWisconsin

Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention.

Steve Lacy

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All I can say is that I'm going to try to coach the way I've coached in the past. And if it ends up not being good enough, then so be it.

Steve Spurrier

GoodPastEnoughI CanSayWay

I came out of the Soviet Union no longer a communist, because I believed in personal freedom.

Rose Wilder Lane

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I never got too specialized but did like the Southern Gothic writers like William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor.

Mat Kearney

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The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance of music which was from one of the vernacular traditions.

Michael Tilson Thomas

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Most reputable scientists agree that climate change is real and that the effects are likely to be bad. But nobody can say for sure exactly what 'bad' means. The safest and most equitable way out of this horrific mess is simple: cut fossil-fuel emissions.

Michael Specter

ChangeSimpleBadNobodySayWay

Religion is interesting because it brings out the best and the worst in humanity. It can be a source of good deeds, whether it's people from different spiritual backgrounds coming together to help other people in need after a crisis. But it's also a cause for war and bloodshed.

Josh Gad

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Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.

Dorothea Brande

FireManMindRatherContainer

It's odd to think of yourself as an orphan at 55.

Christopher Buckley

YourselfThinkOddOrphan

When I grew up, and I think about City Council, I look at the men and women then - these were people who just wanted to be a part of the community and give something back. They weren't necessarily trying to use it as a steppingstone to something else. I looked up to those people.

Brad Wenstrup

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