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Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.


Karen Traviss

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SHAILENE WOODLEY People ask about love. Real love. I was never in love; the people around me didn't love me. They...
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PAUL SIMON Aye, well, I've got my garden.
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LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
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LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
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JAMES MCAVOY When I'm writing music, I'm not playing a character. I'm not Alice Cooper or Gene Simmon...
TRENT REZNOR It's kind of like some kind of church for me, playing live. Each show, good people from differen...
XAVIER RUDD I've done a great job at being universal in my stand-up, which is why, for 'Let Me Explain,&...
KEVIN HART I like playing dress-up, and I love pretty jewels, but for me, being a 'movie star' would be...
ALISON ELLIOTT Certainly there are people who like me, but then there are those who don't know me who gossip ab...
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JULIE ANN EMERY It is a blessing to have pretty people around me. I like people who are sparky, positive. Evil, dark...
GERI HALLIWELL Songwriter friends will be like, 'Oh my God, when are you going to put out 'Love Triangle?&#...
RAELYNN I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don...
DAN AYKROYD Serious and intense people, they drain you. But someone who's an idiot, like myself, they're...
PAULY SHORE Autobiographies, for the most part, to me, are like writing a love letter to yourself.
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DAVID BERGEN I really like playing other people. There is no other feeling like it, to have a different voice com...
CRISTIN MILIOTI Some girls like to say one thing and mean another. And me being who I am, I'm very straightforwa...
ZAYN MALIK To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that peop...
DARREN ARONOFSKY I like being a storyteller. I'm bored with myself; I like to write about others. I have a lot of...
JILL SOBULE I'm a huge gamer! I love playing 'World of Warcraft.' It helps me wind down and escape r...
AGNES BRUCKNER I just love drama. I love the idea of exploring relationships, whatever they may be. That's fun ...
EMAYATZY CORINEALDI I've learned by watching films that inspired me and people who inspired me like Robert Redford a...
ALEX PETTYFER I like to play people who are underdogs and misfits. People who are not on a straight and narrow pat...
DANIELLE BROOKS People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me....
MAGGIE WHEELER In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes p...
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MARLEE MATLIN Love is like a rollercoaster. You have your ups and downs, twists and turns, laughs and feelings of ...
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EL DEBARGE I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separa...
IAN MCKELLEN I would say that my fatal flaw, as a human being, is that I need people to like me, and if they don&...
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WILLIAM BELL I find society's underlings and people with interesting idiosyncrasies the most watchable. But I...
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PETE POSTLETHWAITE Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memo...
KAZUO ISHIGURO I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs.
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MALCOLM X Like everyone else, I love 'Born Again:' that was a seminal work for me. Everything Frank Mi...
DREW GODDARD I love, love writing about Los Angeles. I love exploring every part of it. And I find, rather than a...
ROBERT CRAIS I think people who just know me from my band think I don't like pop music. The truth is I love p...
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ZAYN MALIK If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't wa...
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KAREN KAIN Friday night is our date night. We really carve out time for each other.
KAREN KAIN The facts are on our side.
KAREN HUGHES We have to worry about protecting the Constitution.
KAREN HUGHES And, you know, I watched him in Texas where he stood on his principle but he also reached out to mem...
KAREN HUGHES I never dreamed I would one day work at it White House.
KAREN HUGHES Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
KAREN HUGHES For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Co...
KAREN HUGHES I can't imagine anyone who doesn't think the world is safer without a tyrant who murdered hi...
KAREN HUGHES I'm also working with Mrs. Bush on some education projects in Afghanistan, so I get to see her a...
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KAREN HUGHES Well, it really describes what it feels like to be a normal person whose boss and friend suddenly ru...
KAREN HUGHES I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigor...
KAREN HUGHES In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris,...
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KAREN HUGHES Unfortunately, you know, working in a spirit of cooperation and respect requires someone else to rea...
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KAREN HUGHES Why is it so unutterably beneficial, the thought that someone besides myself knows me?
KAREN HORNEY Thou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality.
KAREN HORNEY Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.
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KAREN HESSE Young readers are the most challenging, demanding, and rewarding of audiences. Adults often ask why ...
KAREN HESSE From the time I was ten, I thought of myself as 'good with words,' thanks to a perceptive an...
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KAREN HESSE In life, sometimes you just lose.
KAREN HANDEL Any real Colts fan cannot abide the Denver Broncos and John Elway!
KAREN HANDEL I don't want to see any taxpayer funding going towards... a couple that is not married.
KAREN HANDEL I think that for a child to be in a household... with a situation where the parents are not married,...
KAREN HANDEL I will ensure the conservative legacy and leadership of Tom Price, Johnny Isakson, and Newt Gingrich...
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KAREN HANDEL I want women to have more access to quality care, and the access to healthcare for women is not thro...
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KAREN HANDEL Sometimes you should just put down the computer, the phone, and walk away.
KAREN HANDEL People want to know that I'm a person of conviction.
KAREN HANDEL These immigrants have come to our country and blatantly disregarded our laws. We cannot, we should n...
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KAREN HANDEL I'm proud of the fact that I was able to overcome long odds.
KAREN HANDEL Others do not define you - you define yourself through your words and actions.
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KAREN HANDEL I think it's clear that Planned Parenthood has worked to mislead the public about who they are.....
KAREN HANDEL Bullies always have another target.
KAREN HANDEL I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, s...
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KAREN HANDEL We need to lift up the nation so we can find a more civil way to deal with our disagreements because...
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KAREN GILLAN The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many p...
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KAREN GILLAN I've got a coin with my face on it. It is really bizarre.
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KAREN GILLAN I dyed my hair pink when I was fifteen.
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KAREN FINERMAN You cannot be in charge of a family and run a big company.
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KAREN DUFFY Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water.
KAREN DUFFY I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't tak...
KAREN DUFFY I never expected in a million years that I would have the honor to become an advocate of women's...
KAREN DUFFY My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something - some people have a big butt, some...
KAREN DUFFY The lesion is in the area of my brain that is responsible for motor function, so I have continual ch...
KAREN DUFFY It really is a blessing when two people who are so full of dignity and kindness and really live to m...
KAREN DUFFY In a way, I have simplified my life by setting priorities.
KAREN DUFFY When in the end, the day came on which I was going away, I learned the strange learning that things ...
KAREN BLIXEN If I know a song of Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on her back, of the plows ...
KAREN BLIXEN I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.
KAREN BLACK I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player.
KAREN BLACK If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believ...
KAREN BLACK If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I c...
KAREN BLACK I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work.
KAREN BLACK I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little...
KAREN BLACK I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dea...
KAREN BLACK I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts.
KAREN BLACK If you can write it, I can be it.
KAREN BLACK When I wrote my stories in elementary school, I signed them all 'Karen E. Bender' with the s...
KAREN BENDER You sit at your computer for hours, then slave away at your job that you may or may not like. You do...
KAREN BENDER At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in peop...
KAREN BENDER Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, fra...
KAREN BENDER My second novel began after my family moved from New York City to North Carolina, and I watched my s...
KAREN BENDER When I was 19 and dropped out of college for several months, I lived for some time with my grandmoth...
KAREN BENDER Write something beautiful and honest and that makes you very proud.
KAREN BENDER