Mark Haddon Quotes
I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.Mark Haddon
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
Igor Stravinsky -
There are times, especially when I was just getting into PC gaming, where I spent way less time playing than obsessing about the quality of the play.
Palmer Luckey -
I just want to sit in my room and write books.
M. J. Rose -
The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.
Walter Russell Mead -
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
Natalie Massenet -
A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend.
Paris Hilton
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Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.
Caity Lotz -
Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
Zac Brown Band -
The means that make one qualified for enquiry are meditation, yoga, etc. One should gain proficiency in these through graded practice and thus secure a stream of mental modes that is natural and helpful.
Ramana Maharshi -
I came back to the hood and got in those streets and started doing whatever it took for me to provide.
Young Buck -
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
Umberto Eco
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I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?'
Gael Garcia Bernal -
The more desperate you are, the more mistakes you make.
Canelo Alvarez -
I talk to student-athletes. I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. You need to get an education, keep your hands clean and try to represent the university.
Earl Campbell -
As a small business owner myself, I talk to so many other business owners who delay seasonal hiring by waiting until the last minute to make their temporary hires.
Fabrizio Moreira -
It was so strange. I knew that Josephine Baker had performed on the same stage but that night I felt it. Many of the same people who worked with Josephine Baker are still here. They know what they're doing. And that was a very comfortable feeling.
LaToya Jackson -
Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
Imtiaz Ali
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I dropped out of college when I was 18 to be in a band.
Brody Jenner -
I'm an atheist, and I don't have any belief in an afterlife.
David Gilmour Pink Floyd -
We had to build a city not for businesses or automobiles, but for children and thus for people. Instead of building highways, we restricted car use. We invested in high-quality sidewalks, pedestrian streets, parks, bicycle paths, libraries; we got rid of thousands of cluttering commercial signs and planted trees. All our everyday efforts have one objective: Happiness.
Enrique Penalosa -
I've always been a believer in research. It's great to have an instinctual human reaction to a character, too, of course, but it has to be countered with knowledge and understanding.
Chiwetel Ejiofor -
I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.
Mark Haddon