Carlo Collodi Quotes
How ridiculous I was as a Marionette! And how happy I am, now that I have become a real boy!
Quotes to Explore
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I entered Harvard Medical School knowing nothing of research.
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Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.
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I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all.
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I was looking at my Instagram, and someone said to me, 'Who manages your Instagram?' I would never let anyone manage my Instagram! I enjoy it.
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Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.
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Delaying and withholding tactics, red herrings, partial and doubtful outcomes are stock in trade for fiction writers, especially crime writers.
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Normally, I'm a grumpy old man - whenever I read about celebrity, I start to grind my teeth and pull my hair; it seems synonymous with idiocy.
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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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Hogs and pigs are very intelligent.
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I get hugs all the time from strangers. I do believe that people can feel your persona when you perform live, but it is one of the nicest things if you can translate that on your records.
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When budget cuts happen - which has been happening a lot in this country - after-school athletics and after-school music are some of the first things to go.
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I had written in another draft a completely different kind of fight, but they said they couldn't afford to shoot it. They needed a fight scene, though, so I was told to put a fight scene in, but not the one I had written.
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.
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My life isn't necessarily more important than anyone else's: I'm just better in talking about it.
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You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy.
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In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country.
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When I can't immediately define the character, and there's an element of mystery to it and still a lot to be explored, that's when I say yes.
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How ridiculous I was as a Marionette! And how happy I am, now that I have become a real boy!
