Markus Zusak Quotes
I like to tell students, 'I didn't burst on to the literary scene.' I'm never good at things at the beginning. I was terrible at the start. I need to work and work.
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First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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When people go through something rough in life, they say, 'I'm taking it one day at a time.' Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works.
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Dell fills its computers with crapware, collecting fees from McAfee and other vendors to pre-install 'trial' versions.
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I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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Good work is good work wherever it's done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials.
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I left home at 17 and I've been on the road ever since.
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Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.
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You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
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I'm super athletic and I love to work out, and obviously I need to workout for my industry as well, but I love learning something and developing that skill and feeling strong. Girls who can kick butt are hot.
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I'm still a kid inside, and adventure is adventure wherever you find it.
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I'm not interested in showing a politician falling over; it's about the issue and making people think differently about that.
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A good dancer is an educated one, so don't abandon school.
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A novel usually begins, in my experience, with a thought or image that won't leave me alone.
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I like to tell students, 'I didn't burst on to the literary scene.' I'm never good at things at the beginning. I was terrible at the start. I need to work and work.
