Brad Meltzer Quotes
I played Little League for one year. That was it. Then my mother realized I liked books and threatened my father. I owe her forever for that.
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It's better to do a film that works.
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The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
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What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.
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I have always been small, so defenders have always been taller and tougher than me. So that's difficult for me; they foul me sometimes, but there you are - that's what the rules of the game are for.
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I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.
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Carrie-Anne Moss is awesome. I am just going to put that out there.
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I don't think my parents would have let me go straight into acting full time when I was 12. I do like to have balance, naturally, as an individual.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
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It's great fun to play with a really good band.
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No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.
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I let people fill in the blanks on their own. If they want to think about their ex, that's fine. If they want to think about maybe who one of my exes is, then that's fine. And it might not be right, because I'm the only one who knows what these songs are really about. It's the one shred of privacy I have in the matter.
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There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.
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Running for me is a sport. It's not a joke. It's serious.
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When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and yes, he still has a spirit, and he still has his ideas, but he is a disciplined soldier, and in the end, he will follow the rider's instruction to do what needs to be done.
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One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
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Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
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We would not give up our own country - Ireland - if we were to get the whole world as an estate, and the Country of the Young along with it.
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My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.' I loved it. Especially the rocket ship, which I later realized had no airlock and no washroom. But they managed to get to Mongo with it.
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As a child, I was tortured because my mother was a brilliant seamstress who made most of my clothes. I was despised by the children at school because I looked like I was going to an opening every day. We weren't wealthy at all; we lived in a row house in Philadelphia.
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It's probably the most prestigious national award there is in basketball. I think it legitimizes our program.
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My mom is really dedicated to me. She drives me to school and skating, wakes up for me, and I'm just really appreciative.
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I played Little League for one year. That was it. Then my mother realized I liked books and threatened my father. I owe her forever for that.
