Philip Pullman Quotes
What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page of one than I'd learned in seven years or so of trying to write criticism.
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The way we do music in Brazil is very different because we are so moved by music; we grow up with that.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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I don't care if you are for having Mexico pay for the border wall, or you want to repeal and replace Obamacare, or if you want women to have complete access to reproductive rights - I don't care. The fact is, if you don't get the nuclear issue right, none of the other ones matter.
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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If you want to look at the state of humans, you should look at the state of animals first. People are choosing whether or not they can feed an animal and their family. And every shelter coast-to-coast is stuffed.
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I am who I am.
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We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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I couldn't follow nobody's rules.
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Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their freedom in the name of tradition, while the state legitimates this foolishness with laws.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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I'm not sure what the UFC's agenda is when it comes to me. It's their show, their press. They can change to whatever they want to do at any point. They own this thing. They can do whatever they want.
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I don't think things have changed for me. Yes, I got a big contract, but my focus is still the same.
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People are going to get older and young guys are going to come in and race and get more competitive.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
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Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people really love it.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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All of the trickster, rascal characters that I write have the voice I aspire to. In real life, you can't be that obnoxious and get away with it.
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I have the impression of moving in the shadow of syllables, in regions before secrets, where language cannot yet answer the call of thought, in swamps where you risk sinking with every breath.
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What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page of one than I'd learned in seven years or so of trying to write criticism.
