Philip Pullman Quotes
One handy piece of equipment, which I recommend to any writer of fiction, is a set of Myriorama cards. I consult them frequently.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
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By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
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I don't like to sell my finest pieces.
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As far as everyone else's opinion, I mean, if I would have thought that everyone was right, I probably wouldn't have left Compton, so I don't get too caught up on what the next person thinks.
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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
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I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.
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I love the hip-hop nation.
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I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the face of devastating reality.
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I'm kind of a pop culture stew, you know.
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I'm a bit of an insomniac. I go to bed at 5am because I get caught up in watching TV or listening to music at night.
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I love the Ronettes, the 'do-run-run-run' pop stuff. I love the lyrics, having 'blue, blue blue' being repetitive.
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If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave interests of the District, you cannot put down the investigation of the subject out of doors, by refusing to receive petitions.
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I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there's something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece.
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I kind of think too much, I try do too many things at once.
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I just write the stuff I want to at the time, what feels right for me.
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I came from a really musical family. I studied classical piano because my grandparents were piano teachers, but started doing musical theater at age nine in Fresno, California, and went to a performing arts high school. That was my life.
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I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.
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All words are pegs to hang ideas on.
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Comics, as good as they might be, they didn't know much about performance. There aren't too many comics you could watch for an hour without getting tired. They might have good material, but it's about theater to me.
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One handy piece of equipment, which I recommend to any writer of fiction, is a set of Myriorama cards. I consult them frequently.
