Gabrielle Zevin Quotes
I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we are young - the books I read as a child have stayed with me my entire life - and yet, the people who write about books, for the most part, completely ignore children's literature.
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!
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Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
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It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.
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As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe.
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Cable has come along; many all-news 24 hour cable outlets in the United States. They have cut deeply into the traditional networks' viewing audience.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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No Hindu community, however low, will touch cow's flesh. On the other hand, there is no community which is really an Untouchable community which has not something to do with the dead cow. Some eat her flesh, some remove the skin, some manufacture articles out of her skin and bones.
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Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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Women just love to shop.
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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I just like doing comedies, and think that my timing and love for the genre set me apart from other young women who look like me.
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'That’s me,' he said, motioning to the robot. 'That’s all of us. We prattle about free will, but we’re nothing but response...mechanical reaction in prescribed grooves.'
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A lot of the questions raised about television's power and influence on events have applied throughout history to every mass-communications medium - most particularly print, because that's the medium we've had the longest.
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Lucian Freud's career affirms that the only thing an artist can do is remain true to whatever vision, (lack of) talent, or ideas that happened to pick them in order to be made known to the world.
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California - with more cars, more drivers and more people - still has less DWI-related deaths than Texas does.
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I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we are young - the books I read as a child have stayed with me my entire life - and yet, the people who write about books, for the most part, completely ignore children's literature.
