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Canceling my landline phone account, cutting off service to my home for good, and rendering the telephones that had long sat on tables in every room as useless as my closeted bread machine, I took the final step in a lifelong attempt to free myself from the wires that tethered me. Kara Swisher

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I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events. Kara Walker

Work Events Political Think Took Respond Stance Early

The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Time Me Change Made Everybody Took Saw Critics Outlived Retired Abuse Institution Venerable Up Things By The Time

Before the Great Chicago Fire, no one took notice of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, two Irish immigrants who lived with their five children on the city's West Side. Karen Abbott

Great Fire Before Side Took Immigrants City No-One Catherine West West Side Chicago Irish Five Children Notice Who Lived Two

It took me a while to accept everything, but I am so grateful for the way my parents raised me. It's my life, it's unique, and I think it's so meaningful to me as I get older. Karen Bardsley

Life Me Grateful My Life Parents Older Think Took Everything Way Accept Am Get While Meaningful Unique Raised

Upon graduation, I hit a wall. All of my good friends from UCLA were taking on jobs they were passionate about, and I felt left behind. It took a bit of soul searching, but in the end, I finally had the guts to pursue acting. Karen Fukuhara

Good Soul Good Friends Took Finally Bit Jobs About Guts Pursue Had Taking Felt Passionate Were Left End Friends Hit Wall Behind Graduation In The End Acting Searching

The thing about games is, players often say they don't care about story, but then if you took the story out, what would their reaction be? If no one cared about story, we'd all still be playing Pac-Man. There's nothing wrong with Pac-Man, but the point is, there's a genre of games in which you want to become part of that world. Karen Traviss

You World Care Become Nothing Took Say Out Would About Point No-One Part Wrong Reaction Genre Still Often Want Story Which Then Games Thing Players Cared Playing

I have experienced a murderer among my friends. Many, many years ago. At close range I have seen the impact of it. I knew the victim, I went to the funeral, I have been to the house, to the specific room where the killing took place, and I was stunned by it. It's such a blow. Karin Fossum

I took a break from TV for about three-four years. During that time, I had to let go of some of the best shows that were offered to me, as I wanted to focus on films. It was believed that if you are seen too much on TV, you won't get films. Karishma Tanna

Time Best Me You Too Much Focus Seen Films Too Took TV Some About Had Go Were Years Offered Get Wanted Break Much Shows Let Go Believed

And I'll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with special devices which were built for me. Karlheinz Stockhausen

My mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, and it took her four years to die. She was only 44; I was 14. Karolyn Grimes

Mother Took Only Had She Alzheimer Years Die Her Four

What might the world look like if we took some chances on the film-makers we might be afraid of? Karyn Kusama

World Took Some Like Look Afraid Might Film-Makers Chances

My mom took me to a Dolly Parton concert when I was 3. Kat Dennings

Mom Me Took Concert Dolly Parton

At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took what in the United States would be a double major in Russian and French, but I have to admit that the pressure of getting through so many books spoiled reading for me. Kate Beckinsale

Great Me Pressure Reading Took Books States Would Would-Be Admit Russian Could Through Studied Written Spoiled Major French Read Were Getting Oxford Double Languages Many Novels Originally United United States University

Then finally I said, 'Okay, well, I want to know all the details. I want creative input. I want to be consulted. I want to know what they're doing and who's involved. And I want to see the space.' So they took me to see it, and then I realized it was major! All these red flags on the Rue de Rivoli with my name on them right by the Louvre! Kate Moss

Me Creative Space Took Finally Input Okay Details See Red Major Name Know Involved Well Said Doing Louvre Flags Want Them Realized Then Creative Input Right

There was a point when it all really took off and got quite overwhelming, even though I didn't realize it. Kate Moss

Overwhelming Took Though Point Got Off Quite Realize Really Even

In the late '90s, we kind of took a sabbatical, and I got an invitation to play with a Japanese band and formed a supergroup called NiNa. It was Yuki from Judy and Mary and Masahide Sakuma from The Plastics, a Japanese equivalent of the B-52s. It went to No. 1 in Japan. Kate Pierson

Band Late Nina Took Kind Sabbatical Mary Invitation Got Equivalent Judy Formed Japan Japanese Play

Believing in yourself and what you do is so important. It took me a long time to find that confidence. If you're an artist and you're taking risks, then you're doing something right if some people don't get it. Kate Voegele

Time Me You Confidence Risks Yourself People Some People Long Long Time Taking Risks Important Took Find Some Something Taking Doing Get Artist Then Believing Right

Those days of every child having a mummy and daddy who lived at home - Daddy went to work, and Mummy stayed at home and took care of everyone - those days have almost gone, and it's so much more unconventional now. Kate Winslet

When I go to see a movie, I never think about all the people it took to make it. Katherine Waterston

People Think Took See About Never Make Go Movie

I have chronic - well, I like to call it late-stage Lyme disease and not chronic, because I like to think someday I'll be all the way cured. It took me a really long time to get diagnosed, and I was misdiagnosed for a long, long time. I was very ill during the end of Le Tigre, which was kind of why that ended, amongst other things. Kathleen Hanna

Time Me Long Long Time Think Other Chronic Took Way Kind Someday Like Well Call Because Diagnosed End Very Cured Get Disease Ended Which Really Really Long Time Ill Why Amongst Things

Some people are born gardeners, some are politicians. I was an actor. It took a great deal of pain before I figured that out. I didn't relate to most of it. Kathleen Quinlan

Great People Great Deal Some People Before Politicians Pain Relate Took Out Some Born Most Deal Figured Gardener Actor

When I was 16, my dad took me to a DNA conference at the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco, California, and I was captivated by this way of looking at biology and by the discussions of bits of nucleic acid that could make us sick. Kathleen Rubins

And then 'Wanderlust,' Ken Marino and David Wain wrote the funniest - they're amazing. That was one of my most favorite creative experiences; we're all up at that commune, a small group of people. Everyone was funnier than the next. It was an amazing ensemble feeling. Everyone gave and took in the best way. Kathryn Hahn

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