Ellen Hopkins Quotes
I write books for young adults because I truly connect with them on some very deep level. They are our hope, our future, and inspiring them to be the best they can be is very important to me.
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Imagine a world in which no writer has written a literary novel in sixty years. Imagine a place where not a single person has read a book that is truly about the character at its center.
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I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.
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I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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I didn't have a long-term plan or goal. If there would have been a road map showing me the way to my dreams becoming reality, I might have given it a second thought.
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I wanna live 'til I die, no more, no less.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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I think that's always very valuable: to keep the mind open to receiving all sorts of information, which can then be used in my work, but also just as a human being.
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Fashion anticipates.
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We all need to slow down and go to acupuncture.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Hungary was the only Central European country that was not able to create a new constitution after the collapse of the communist regime.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure.
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I always felt like Tahliah's a very grown-up name to have. It's a pretty name when you're young, and then I think when I became a young lady, it felt kind of like a lot to grow into for some reason. I don't know. It sounds kind of regal. I never really liked it. I always felt like I couldn't live up to it.
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Ford was warm and friendly. He wouldn't embarrass a Cabinet member.
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The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
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Typical news accounts and commentaries about school shootings and rampage killings rarely mention gender.
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The Homeland Security department doesn't have tasking authority in the intelligence community. They can ask for stuff, but they can't direct anything except inside their bureau.
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The West sees Iran as an important force in the gulf.
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There have been contestants on 'The Voice' from past seasons that didn't even win, and I have been so inspired by them. To think that I am now one of those winners? I really, really hope there is a little girl out there that is believing in herself and knows that she can be here.
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The biggest beauty myth is that everyone looks better without makeup. That's not true. Makeup is important.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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I write books for young adults because I truly connect with them on some very deep level. They are our hope, our future, and inspiring them to be the best they can be is very important to me.
