Laini Taylor Quotes
One world on its own is a strange enough seethe of coiling, unknowable veins of intention and chance, but two? Where two worlds mingle breath through rips in the sky, the strange becomes stranger, and many things may come to pass that few imaginations could encompass.
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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
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People take things so seriously.
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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I always knew I had a voice and I've always known I could sing, but I was too shy to let it come out. I think it's the hardest thing to do, to sing in front of people. When I finally let go and did it, I realized it's what I'm most talented at and what I love to do the most.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.
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You turn up on set, and somebody who has come out of Oxford, has done a BBC course, is telling you how to act. You think, 'Do me a favour. Go and make a coffee.'
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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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It's some weird idea to think that you've always got to say everything is great and perfect.
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The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
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The ownership of computers in the home is far less than the statistics show, because usually when the computer breaks down once, that is the end of it for a long, long time. They do not have the money or incentive to get the computer repaired.
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At the end of the day in our sport, you just have to sacrifice yourself completely to put the team first. That's not easy for us because we're so competitive, but that's the most important thing when it comes to World Championships.
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The modern choice is between non-violence or non-existence.
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The older I get the more I realise that the world is not as varied as we thought it was when we were young. Most places are much alike.
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I think we all feel like misfits when we open our mouth sometimes, you know?
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One world on its own is a strange enough seethe of coiling, unknowable veins of intention and chance, but two? Where two worlds mingle breath through rips in the sky, the strange becomes stranger, and many things may come to pass that few imaginations could encompass.
