Eoin Colfer Quotes
I do like to read in bed, but because I have two kids I'm often forced to read in the bathroom.
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We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.
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The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure.
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I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especially when I'm with friends.
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The brain abhors discrepancies.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.
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Whenever I see the news, it's always the same depressing things.
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Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you'll have much to live for.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
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The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very connected to the 14 years I've been on tour with Steel Train, even my band before that, Outline, and then fun. and now Bleachers.
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Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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I actually have no style whatsoever. I'm the worst. I have people I talk to, and I say, 'Please tell me how to dress because I don't know what I'm doing.' The biggest thing for me is my mom. I'm like, 'Mom, do I look good?' If she says yes, I'm good to go.
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My parents got me in trouble when I was in school because someone was getting bullied, and I didn't do anything about it. I just watched it happen and then came to the school, and I got cussed out for not helping and not being a part of it.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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The meanings of words and the uses of words come from practice from the way people in a given culture use those words.
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I could never hate anyone I knew.
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My biggest goal in life will be achieved when I have a family, when I have my own kids that I can raise myself and bring up based on what I know. I always think it's the wildest idea - raising a whole, entire human is insane to me, and I've always wanted kids.
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The French talk about education, the education of their children. They don't talk about raising kids. They talk about education. And that has nothing to do with school. It's this kind of broad description of how you raise children and what you teach them.
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When I was a kid, I did martial arts because boxing wasn't really available on Long Island. I think now kids are able to begin boxing earlier. So it's great and whatever can promote the sport on a whole is a good thing. And if we can do it on Long Island, where I am from, it's a beautiful thing.
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I do like to read in bed, but because I have two kids I'm often forced to read in the bathroom.
