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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Oh, how much is today hidden by science! Oh, how much it is expected to hide!
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Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical attitudes of thought in the young
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My rule of thumb is build a site for a user, not a spider.
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It's 4:30 in the morning, it's always 4:30 in the morning.
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Not content with covering one divisive subject today, I've also done a piece about Boris Johnson. It's not blind to his flaws but argues for a bit more nuance in how we see him...
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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.
