Jasper Fforde Quotes
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What's interesting is to be sexy but not know it. You'll be in a restaurant, and some girls will walk in and you can tell that they really want to be sexy. It's written on their faces because that's all they want to show. There's a fear that one might not look further.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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I was a dispatcher, flat-tire fixer, changed the oil, fixed the fan belts. There was nothing too good for me.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I'm not against technology, but all tools should be used to their best advantage. We should be spending our time on things that have staying power, instead of on the latest thought of the latest blogger - and then moving on quickly to the next blogger.
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There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I won't join another band again.
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When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.
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It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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America, for me, is the country where, if you have something great to offer, you'll be valued highly.
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I think every parent was horrified at what happened in Newtown, Conn.
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Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a sceptre to control the world.
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Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.
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I was making love to this girl and she started crying. I said, "Are you going to hate yourself in the morning?" She said, "No, I hate myself now."
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Love and magic are like oil and water – they just don't mix.
