Callie Khouri Quotes

Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.

Callie Khouri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 27, 1957

Topics

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We like existentially wacky characters who exist in existential crisis.

Joe Russo

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The Spirit of the Lord is with them that fear him.

Joanna Southcott

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To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.

John Burroughs

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I'm a perfectionist - I could rewrite forever.

Jenna Bush

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Running gives me the confidence to be at my peak throughout the rest of my day.

Sterling K. Brown

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Coming into my second year, my main thing is to show growth - show that I can be consistent and play at a high level all the time.

Stefon Diggs

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We can change the direction of the country with our vote.

Roland Martin

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We've defined decency down now that we look at the entertainment value of it, whether the acting is good, the writing is good, the story is good, no matter the depravity, we'll watch it.

Rush Limbaugh

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I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness. Because just like a rose is beautiful, so is a sunflower, so is a peony. I mean, all flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that's like women too.

Miranda Kerr

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We are commanded to seek out those who are lost. We are to be our brother's keeper.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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To admit regret is to understand that we are fallible - that there are powers beyond us. To admit regret is to lose control not only of a difficult past but of the very story we tell about our present. To admit sincere and abiding regret is one of our greatest but unspoken contemporary sins.

David Whyte

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My brothers and sister and me grew up making fun of each other, the way we'd speak or move. When we get together, everyone's funny, quick, loud, and speaks on top of each other. It was like a great comedy school; nothing is precious.

Colman Domingo

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