I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.
Barbara Kingsolver
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WERNHER VON BRAUN How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?
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CURT FLOOD I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.
JOE NAMATH Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's los...
SADE ADU Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what...
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.
JACKSON POLLOCK When I'm doing a photo shoot, I'm not playing a part. I'm just trying to be myself.
GASPARD ULLIEL I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.
ZOE CASSAVETES My days shouldn't be hard because I'm doing what I'm doing and that's playing basket...
DERRICK ROSE I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing.
JOHN SINGLETON I'm doing exactly what I want to do, and I'm having fun doing it.
DAVID JOHANSEN I'm not living for when I have a Number One record or when I make a million trillion dollars. I&...
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MICHAEL HANEKE I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic. There's a lot ...
LL COOL J I can say with full sincerity that I am happy. I'm happy because I'm doing what I love and I...
COLUMBUS SHORT I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm say...
DULE HILL Everything I'm saying shouldn't be taken so serious. I'm playing, but at the same token,...
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NEIL YOUNG I'm not one to be like, 'What is everybody doing? Let me do that!' I just do what I want...
BEBE REXHA When I'm rapping, like, a turn up song, I'm thinking about what the people want to hear; thi...
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TED OLSON I'm living on this positive mind frame where I'm only attracting positive things. I'm co...
SHAMEIK MOORE I'm a normal person. You say something about me, I'm going to say something back, funny or n...
AUSTIN SEFERIAN-JENKINS I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. ...
MUHAMMAD ALI As far as working out, I know exactly what I'm doing.
EVANDER HOLYFIELD Actually, I'm not a gym rat. I'm not a gym person - I've never been. I've always bee...
PAIGE BUTCHER I'm loyal. I'm real. I'm not afraid to say what I'm thinking.
CARLI LLOYD I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing.
CHANTAL KREVIAZUK I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm s...
CALVIN JOHNSON Some people say I'm conscious, some say I'm a gangsta rapper - it's just me doing me. I&...
NAS I loved pretending to be a middle-aged Jewish woman. I just wanted to do what I saw Gilda Radner and...
JENNY SLATE I'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.
LARRY KING I just decided that I would not put my professional life on hold to raise children. I know that soun...
EMMANUELLE BEART I’m sorry.” Once again, those were the words. And now, anytime someone says I’m sorry, I’m g...
JAY ASHER Santa Barbara is my hood. I mean, it's not much of a hood, but it is definitely like my hood. I ...
KATY PERRY I can't confirm any rumors. I'm happy doing what I'm doing. I have no interest in going ...
JIMMY JOHNSON What I'm really looking to do is retire undefeated; I'm not sure when the right time to reti...
RONDA ROUSEY I love what I'm doing.
ISAIAH THOMAS I knew when I grew up, I always wanted to be a liar, and if you're in television, you're lyi...
JOHN RITTER I love sports - if I'm not acting, I'm probably doing sports.
GABRIEL BASSO I'm not a party person. I'm a nerd. I'm not an extrovert in that way at all. The things ...
ANDIE MACDOWELL I'm from really humble beginnings. I've never been this Hollywood diva, but you get caught u...
HEIDI MONTAG I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I alwa...
ACTION BRONSON I come in. I'm going to sketch, I'm going to drape, I don't know what I'm going to d...
GEOFFREY BEENE If I'm writing something and I'm not feeling mischievous, then I know it's not going to ...
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AJ LEE For me, until I know that the audience really gets what I'm trying to communicate I'm not do...
JUDD APATOW Idolizing is a strong word, though. I'm happy that people respond well to the work I'm doing...
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KENDALL JENNER Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.
OZWALD BOATENG I'm looking to no man walking this earth for approval of what I'm doing.
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CALVIN HARRIS I think I'm not always what I seem. Most people, when they get to know me, say, 'You know, w...
EVANGELINE LILLY Well, I'm not one of those people who needs the limelight. If I'm performing, that's wha...
PATTI SMITH I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them ...
BARBARA BOXER I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know...
DOLLY PARTON My mind is in another planet behind the blocks. Sometimes I'm up in the blocks, and I'm like...
CESAR CIELO I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I wan...
CHERYL JAMES I love playing 'Radagast.' He's my new love, you know what I mean? I'm not divorcing...
SYLVESTER MCCOY I'm not particularly needy, and I'm not particularly anxious. I don't look for a directo...
CATE BLANCHETT I'm in this for the long haul, I want to be doing this until I die. I am a standup comedian. I k...
STEWART LEE I'm not very relaxed; I always need to be doing something.
KEVIN WHATELY Dudes know I'm not a threat. Chicks know I'm not a threat.
KEVIN SMITH I wouldn't say I'm a feminist, but I don't like girls pretending to be stupid because it...
AMY WINEHOUSE I know there is a stereotype that I am naive, but I know what I want, and I know what I'm doing ...
DAN SHECHTMAN I have ADD or something. Even when I am doing something, it's me on the computer, I'm painti...
CHARLYNE YI I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
EDDIE MURPHY To be honest, sometimes I'm horrified because you don't really know what you look like. If I...
JENNIFER COOLIDGE My mom always told me if I love what I'm doing, and I'm having fun, then just continue to do...
SELENA GOMEZ I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doi...
MASAHARU MORIMOTO There are wars being fought! Who cares what I'm doing on a Saturday night? I'm not even a ce...
PETER DINKLAGE Every time I do a talk show or something, I'll be like, 'I'm doing 'Chandelier,'...
MADDIE ZIEGLER I'm the elected sheriff, and I'm going to keep doing what the Constitution says I can do.
JOE ARPAIO I'm very simple. I'm not for the flashes, I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know.
KEVIN GARNETT I'm very big into just feeling good and doing what I want; I'm not very calculated or though...
JEN KIRKMAN My friends and the people I know understand that I'm going to ask them what they're doing, h...
SAM YAGAN I mean, if you asked me what I'm going to be doing when I'm 85, I'd make a quick picture...
DAVID JOHANSEN I'm leaving. I'm doing five episodes this year, then I'll be headed out.
DULE HILL I'm told I'm an incredible flirt because I don't know I'm doing it. I don't want...
SUZI QUATRO Sometimes I get so bold and I'm so confident about what I'm doing that I actually try to be ...
JOHN MAYER I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right.
MIKE TYSON Every time I step out on that field, I'm 100 percent. My teammates know that. They know what I...
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AIMEE MANN My comedy is different every time I do it. I don't know what the hell I'm doing.
ADAM SANDLER Sometimes, I wonder what I'm doing here.
CESAR ROMERO I have to go with what the painting says to me. The painting is always informing me. I'm its ser...
GARY HUME Where I am right now I'm pretty good at. You know, I understand that there's a problem. I...
DANIEL BALDWIN For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm ...
USAIN BOLT I'm not strong-willed, actually. I'm a complete pushover. I love to be told what to do.
HELEN MIRREN I have a family to support. And I'm not always going to be doing exactly what I want to do.
PATRICK WARBURTON I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing.
JIMMY PAGE I'm older than I'd like and I'm creaky, but I'm doing alright.
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BARBARA KINGSOLVER What keeps you going isn't just some fine destination but the road you're on and the fact you know h...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER Perhaps growing up meant we put our knives away and feigned ignorance of the damage.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER There was a roaring in my ears and I lost track of what they were saying. I believe it was the physi...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER You can’t replace people you love with other people…But you can trust that you’re not going to...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhe...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER Insomnia’s different,” I said. It was hard to explain this to people. “You know the light that...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER Sometimes I still have American dreams. I mean literally. I see microwave ovens and exercise machine...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER To people who think of themselves as God's houseguests, American enterprise must seem arrogant beyon...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER I don't expect to see perfection before I die. Lord, if I did I would have stuck my head in the oven...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER But children robbed of love will dwell on magic.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER You're thinking of revolution as a great all-or-nothing. I think of it as one more morning in a mugg...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER I thought: this is how life is, ridiculous beyond comprehension.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER I've about decided that's the main thing that separates happy people from the other people: the feel...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do i...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER At some point in my life I'd honestly hoped love would rescue me from the cold, drafty castle I live...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER Your dreams, what you hope for and all that, it's not separate from your life. It grows right up out...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER Emelina and I took each other in. All morning I'd felt the strange disjuncture that comes from recon...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER A miscarriage is a natural and common event. All told, probably more women have lost a child from th...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you ...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER She kept swimming out into life because she hadn't yet found a rock to stand on.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER He warned Mother not to flout God's Will by expecting too much of us. "Sending a girl to college is ...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER ....mountains. They stand at every view, like a mother offering a blanket in which to wrap everyday ...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER But I'll tell you a secret. When I want to take God at his word exactly I take a peep out the window...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER When you're given a brilliant child you polish her and let her shine.
Pigs in Heaven
BARBARA KINGSOLVER As long as I kept moving, my grief streamed out behind me like a swimmer's long hair in water. I kne...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to inv...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick t...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER When I sit down to write, I consider myself an artist.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER I know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary no...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER Most every book I bring into the world is like birthing a baby; it's a lot of effort!
BARBARA KINGSOLVER After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were mis...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to unde...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't hav...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER Being a novelist and being a mother have exactly coincided in my life: the call from my agent saying...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER