Jean Craighead George Quotes
I would just watch the animals, and their stories would roll out when I wrote.
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I love ABC Family!
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The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.
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If I were to say at any point that I feel really confident or really in control, that would be a mistake. Because I don't. I always see where I didn't do things the right way.
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I'm not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people.
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It seems no matter what you say and how politically correctly and carefully you say it, you offend someone. Or at least I always do.
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If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.
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I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life.
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I love seeing lingerie on the runway, but I personally think it's best to save it for the bedroom!
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It's not up to the employer to decide or to figure out what religious problems you may have as an employee. In other words, if I'm inquiring about your religious peculiarities or whatever they may be, I'm invading your privacy about that.
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The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples.
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In Los Angeles, you drive around, and you're coming back from a club or something, and all of a sudden, you'll encounter a coyote. And they're very lean, hungry-looking animals.
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In the end, I want to spend my 60s writing bonkbusters like Jilly Cooper.
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I was interested about how relationships change as you get older. You are great friends in your 20s. In your 30s, you get married. Your 40s are all about your kids. In your 50s, you get divorced, and your friendships become primary again.
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You know when a person goes into the ring to win, or at least not to lose. I mean, when a fighter is ready and goes to fight, than it can be seen by his look. Regardless of whether he gets hit or not, he goes forward, and regardless of whether he wins or loses, he wants to go forward, and it is clear from his burning eyes.
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We should reward people, not ridicule them, for thinking the impossible.
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I think I present a different side of a male character: a side that is not John Wayne-like, a side that is, in fact, destructible. To some people, that is refreshing, and to other people, especially if they don't know me, it may be disturbing.
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The present danger which this country faces is at least as great as the danger which we faced during the war with Germany and Japan. Briefly stated, it is the very real danger that this country, as we know it, may cease to exist.
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It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.
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Einstein, in the special theory of relativity, proved that different observers, in different states of motion, see different realities.
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We had some very distinguished fans: I know one chancellor of a major university who used to schedule his meetings around Star Trek. We were thrilled to discover that Frank Sinatra was a big fan.
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The greatest antidote to insecurity & sense of fear is compassion. It brings one back to the basis of one's inner strength.
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School was the unhappiest time of my life and the worst trick it ever played on me was to pretend that it was the world in miniature. For it hindered me from discovering how lovely and delightful and kind the world can be, and how much of it is intelligible.
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I would just watch the animals, and their stories would roll out when I wrote.
