Laini Taylor Quotes
A man once said, 'All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.' Mark Twain, you know. He had a fine mustache. Men of wisdom so often do.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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Conspiracies, since they cannot be engaged in without the fellowship of others, are for that reason most perilous; for as most men are either fools or knaves, we run excessive risk in making such folk our companions.
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Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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When I'm making a film, I'm obsessive about what I do, and I get totally into it. That's all I'm eating, breathing, living at that moment.
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The mean pattern of educational and economic achievement within multi-racial countries such as Canada and the United States has increasingly been found to prove valid internationally.
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I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.
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Playing further up the pitch, you have more opportunities to score and provide assists, and it's something I liked right from the start.
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The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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The United States has grown into a remarkable nation specifically because of our independent spirit and free market.
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I'm not stuck in Strikeforce. I'm happy to be with them. It's where I started, and they've been great to me.
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I think each woman has her own relationship to beauty.
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As I sat in a small room constructing what seemed to me awkward sentences and paragraphs, McCone was out having exciting adventures.
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Friendship was another illusion like love, though it did not reach the same mad heights. People pretended that they were friends, when the fact was they were brought together by force of circumstances.
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You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.
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Eneke the bird was asked why he was always on the wing and he replied: 'Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig.'
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A man once said, 'All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.' Mark Twain, you know. He had a fine mustache. Men of wisdom so often do.
