Dante Alighieri Quotes
So that the Universe felt love, by which, as somebelieve, the world has many times been turned to chaos. And at that moment this ancient rock, here and elsewhere, fell broken into pieces.

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You always need that spark of imagination. Sometimes I'm midway through a book before it happens. However, I don't wait for the muse to descend, I sit down every day and I work when I'm not delivering lambs on the farm.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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There's a secret sauce in California, and I hope people pay attention to it.
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In a way, 'Like Crazy' keys into our generation, this idea of now we can still be in communication. Where do the boundaries of relationships end?
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I think when I first started out making music here in Los Angeles, a lot of people were really curious about my ethnicity, and you know, whatever questions they had, I'd be more than happy to answer them.
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In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.
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I loved growing up in Montclair... I think it's grown and changed and embraced change.
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No TV, no acting for me. I'm kind of a more behind-the-scenes kind of woman even though what I do is very public. I'm really low-key and I don't need to be the center of attention.
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I love when I go to conventions, and often it'll be the younger kids who will refer to us by our character names - how can you not find that absolutely charming? I remember when I used to go to conventions when I was a kid when I would stand in long lines to get people's autograph.
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You can't write about an iconic Hollywood star of the sixties without bumping up against Elizabeth Taylor.
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One reason nearly half my books are for children is the glorious fact that the minds of children are still open to the living word; in the child, nightside and sunside are not yet separated; fantasy contains truths which cannot be stated in terms of proof.
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When you hear a story, do you believe only the nice parts? Truth isn’t like a baked fish, where you can eat the flesh and leave the bones and skin. You have to eat it all.
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Die then. This is my cure for sore knees.
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The creative act requires both will and intelligence. Breaking things is easy. You only need a hammer.
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I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of 'work' because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do. Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. People are working every minute. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.
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They can't ignore us, and they can't put us down. Thank God for the Internet, or we wouldn't know anything, and we would already be a fascist state.
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Entertainment is about taking people away from the regular order of things when there is some chaos and pain and stress.
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Celebs says we have no time for love, but I wouldn't say that.
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Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I'm walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.
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Let's play with sound, forget all knowledge and instrumental skills, and just use instinct – the same way punk did.
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I would rather be a security guard than a rock star.
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So that the Universe felt love, by which, as somebelieve, the world has many times been turned to chaos. And at that moment this ancient rock, here and elsewhere, fell broken into pieces.