K. A. Applegate Quotes
At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.
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When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.
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Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
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In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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A novelist can never be his own reader, except when he is ridding his manuscript of syntax errors, repetitions, or the occasional superfluous paragraph.
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The United States should not engage in tit-for-tat polemics directed at its most important allies. That is as demeaning as it is destructive.
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It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.
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There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.
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I designed all the characters, anyway, and Frank Doyle was doing all the writing. I didn't have any more input on what direction they were going to go with Josie.
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I usually listen to classic rock and roll.
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I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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In Cuba there are no drugs nor will there be.
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I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
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Family . . . the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children.
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The mainstream media has its own agenda. They do not want to print the facts. They have an agenda, they have a slant, they have a bias. It is outrageous to me.
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Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
