Karen Karbo quotes

“The first draft is for YOU, the writer; the second and subsequent drafts are for the reader. Trying to do both things at once — figuring out what we want to say, while also fashioning it for another human being to read — is the cause of writer’s block.”
-- Karen Karbo

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“There are few things less stylish than a boring, self absorbed twit.”
-- Karen Karbo

Source : Karen Karbo (2011). “Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons From The World’S Most Elegant Woman”, p.20, Rowman & Littlefield

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“Expanding your notion of fun beyond a two-week vacation in Maui increases the chances you'll have more of it.”
-- Karen Karbo

Source : Karen Karbo (2008). “How to Hepburn: Lessons on Living from Kate the Great”, p.182, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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“Writers are outsiders, and usually not by their own choosing. It’s why they’re writers. If they didn’t feel alienated from human experience, they wouldn’t feel so drawn to writing to make sense of their lives. It’s not the outsider’s facility for language that makes her a writer — many a student body president or homecoming queen can turn a phrase — but her ability to howl at the moon, on the page.”
-- Karen Karbo

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“The truth about Chanel's bespoke femininity is that a woman can do or say whatever she wants as long as she's wearing pearls.”
-- Karen Karbo

Source : Karen Karbo (2009). “The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman”, p.169, Rowman & Littlefield

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“Overdressing is the first cousin of trying too hard.”
-- Karen Karbo

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“Everybody was happy my brother was locked up. Not me because I know what it feels like to be in there. It ain't made for everybody, but I knocked a lot of blocks down.”

“When the church is in mission, it is the true church. The church itself is not only a product of that mission but is obligated and destined to extend it by whatever means possible. The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus. To obstruct this is to block God's purposes in and through his people.”

Source : Alan Hirsch (2016). “The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating Apostolic Movements”, p.100, Brazos Press

“Missing someone has to be one of the worst human emotions. All the other feelings like anger and fear and horror get some much more airplay, as if their intensity gives them more value, but whereas those emotions come in violent bursts and are gone again, the gnawing ache of loss has to be simply endured. It's like background noise, it's always there, it never goes away. You just have to try to block it out, distract yourself, hope that tomorrow the hole they left behind has grown a little smaller.”

“The business models in enterprise have changed pretty dramatically. A huge problem with enterprise software traditionally has been usually you sell to the customer and then they adopt the technology. The great thing about 'freemium' and the new way enterprise software is being sold is you get to try it first and then buy it.”

“Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.”

“Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.”

“You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.”

Source : Joe Vitale (2010). “The Awakening Course: The Secret to Solving All Problems”, p.29, John Wiley & Sons

“People should pay more attention. Everyone wants attention, but no one wants to give attention.”

Source : A.M. Homes (2012). “This Book Will Save Your Life”, p.29, Granta Books

“If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing.”

“Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion”