Katherine Paterson Quotes
I know a movie and a book are two different things and you are going do different media in different ways. No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.
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When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
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When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.
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I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.
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Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got the greenlight. And when it finally got the greenlight, I was very happy to be a part of it.
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In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school.
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Photography, painting or poetry – those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
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In school, I had a tough time fitting in, and dancing was my way of being in my own element. As a teenager, I became a bit disillusioned with it. Even with competitions, I'd win, but still there would be tears.
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My song-writing has always been just about my life - usually my worst moments.
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Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest.
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I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.
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Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This is a cultural issue, not an Islamic one.
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The first priority of the Republican majority is the security of Americans.
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Most adults, unlike most children, understand the difference between a book that will hold them spellbound for a rainy Sunday afternoon and a book that will put them in touch with a part of themselves they didn't even know existed.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting.
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But I like to listen to demos. I like to hear the finished product. It's like listening to a song - I mean, a story. If you're going to sit here and tell me a story, I just like to listen. I don't want to make them up.
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I know a movie and a book are two different things and you are going do different media in different ways. No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.
