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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What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?
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I've always felt that really good prequels should be original movies.
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Right now people are interested in genetic engineering to help the human race. That's a noble cause, and that's where we should be heading. But once we get past that - once we understand what genetic diseases we can deal with - when we start thinking about the future, there's an opportunity to create some new life-forms.
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Let the designer lean upon the staff of the line - line determinative, line emphatic, line delicate, line expressive, line controlling and uniting.
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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.
