"The only justification for writing a novel is that it should be wonderful. Adequate is inadequate."

-- Janet Burroway

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“Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience.”
“My legacy would be that you don't have to give up anything. You can be chic but have a sense of humor, you can be sexy but comfortable, you can be timeless but fresh.”

Source : "Michael Kors: American Idol". Interview with Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, www.harpersbazaar.com. June 29, 2011.
“To be free of the discriminating is to manifest miraculous awareness-awareness that is miraculously simple, miraculously unadorned.”
“It's never gone so far as me wishing I'd never done 'Quadrophenia,' but there was a time when I wouldn't talk about it because I wanted people to be interested in me for other things as well.”
“A sucker punch came flying from somewhere in the back. As soon as we can see clearly with our big black eye, we're going to light up your world like the fourth of July.”
“He has a great pass, great vision, great shot, great everything.”
“I have three sons, a husband, parents, and I'll fight and get angry, but what is very important that I have found as I've matured, is that I have to move on.”
“We need a president who understands the contributions and values of rural America, a president who understands the men and women who are up at 5 a.m. every day to grow the food that we put on our tables.”

Source : Remarks as prepared for delivery to the Democratic National Convention, www.politico.com. August 28, 2008.

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