D. J. MacHale Quotes
At least I thought it was a wall. It sure felt like one. It was hard. It was flat. It stretched out on either side of me. You know... wall.

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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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I've concentrated for a long time on English films because I've got two kids but my oldest son is 11 and I think I'm going to be away for about four months of year now.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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It's very easy to be judgmental until you know someone's truth.
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I am willing to lend that hand, I will continue to stay involved with my charities as long as they need me.
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In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded.
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Beijing, much as it has done with Hong Kong, persists in equating 'people power' with instability.
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Once people realized that, 'Hey, we're going to be left on Earth here, and everything is going to hell quickly,' sci-fi soon became about our own self-destruction.
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Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients.
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Nature, I have constantly argued in my work, is the real superpower of this godless universe. It is the ultimate disposer of human fate, randomly recarving geography over 10,000-year epochs.
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If values matter in an organisation, you have to be prepared to act consistently.
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Sometimes, once a fight starts, you have to do what you have to do to win.
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If you are playing King Lear you are the centre of attention anyway. You don't need to draw attention to yourself. It's all laid out for you.
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I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.
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I don't know what it is about me, but I don't think of myself as sexy; I never have.
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Four hundred is a lot. When I was young, I remember Kapil Dev getting it, and it was quite a big thing. An Indian had taken it. I feel honoured and proud that God has given me a chance to reach 400 wickets. It's a big thing for me; I don't know about others.
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I consider the first 20 performances just learning the piece. Think about it this way: If you think about a pianist who plays a Schubert sonata through his whole lifetime - if you listen to Rubenstein or Horowitz playing their repertoire later in their life, you understand the richness with which they play that music, and how differently they must have played it when they were younger.
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In fact, the Senkaku Islands are... inherent territory of Japan that is recognized in our history and also by international law.
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When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.
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I reached up with my finger and traced the scar over my eyebrow, remembering when that was the greatest hurt I'd ever known.
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I really ought to try and make a film that's a bit more cynical. But I don't think I'd know how to do it. I think what it is, is that if you're a film director, you're basically there because you enjoy manipulating people's emotions.
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At least I thought it was a wall. It sure felt like one. It was hard. It was flat. It stretched out on either side of me. You know... wall.