Kenneth Oppel Quotes
When I'd written my 'Silverwing' series - I'd imbued the bats with full human awareness and vocabulary.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
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Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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I didn't understand key signatures or anything, you know. I'd say silly things at the top of a trumpet part like, 'Note, when you play B naturals, make the B naturals a half step lower because they sound funny if they're B naturals.' And some guy said: 'Idiot, just put a flat on the third line and it's a key signature, you know?'
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I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.
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China just banned ICO fundraising. They did Silicon Valley and the U.S. a favor - now we get first dibs.
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I am through with baseball forever. I have my farm and my home and enough to take care of me, so why should I work and worry any longer?
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I still take advice from my mum on what clothes look good on me. I used to listen to her a lot more, but I've started to choose my own things from time to time.
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You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.
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So civil society is the conscience of our countries. It’s the catalyst of change. It’s why strong nations don’t fear active citizens. Strong nations embrace and support and empower active citizens.
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He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
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People have a bad habit of blaming the victims. Sarcastically Damn Jews! If hadn't been for them the Nazis wouldn't have exterminated 'em all!
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«Tomorrow I have the pain of the parade.'
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But as I listened to him, I felt a touch of coldness inside of me, as if I had suddenly become aware of the eyes of some dangerous creature. It passed in a moment, but I found myself shuddering.
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Remember we're all in this alone.
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Forgotten were the elementary rules of logic, that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and that what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.
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I still go out, but not a lot. If I go to see music, it's usually to the Blue Note, jazz clubs, things like that. When I travel, I find out where the jazz clubs are.
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When I was a child we were sufficiently well off for me to be a picky eater and I still cannot eat vegetables cooked in the traditional British manner.
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In most every business, you learn by doing. The apprenticeship model is much more effective than the classroom for cultivating entrepreneurs.
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When I go on 'The View,' or any of those talk shows, you really don't get to say what you want to say.
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When I'd written my 'Silverwing' series - I'd imbued the bats with full human awareness and vocabulary.
