Jean Craighead George Quotes
I hope my books empower kids, and that they learn how to work out their problems themselves.
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'
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First scenes are super-important to me. I'll spend months and months pacing and climbing the walls trying to come up with the first scene. I drive for hours on the freeway.
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In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it's completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I'm quite shy and reserved. In real life, I'm a dork.
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
Garry Kasparov -
Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
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I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when they're right. If you have a nerd character but you're kind of a cool guy, you're probably not going to get the nerd part. The nerd is going to get the nerd part. You know, someone like me.
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You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.
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I lived in South Africa until I was 11 when we first immigrated. My mom had sent me back there when I was 14 for summer vacation. I wasn't doing very well in school, my grades were slipping. I called my mom one day and told her that I wasn't coming back. I ended up staying there until I was 17 before coming back to North America.
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The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' is very experimental. It's pop meets urban meets indie meets alternative.
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If you model yourself after Lawrence Fishburne, you can never go wrong.
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair. I remember the killers, I remember the victims, even as I struggle to invent a thousand and one reasons to hope.
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The notion that aid can alleviate systemic poverty, and has done so, is a myth. Millions in Africa are poorer today because of aid; misery and poverty have not ended but increased. Aid has been, and continues to be, an unmitigated political, economic, and humanitarian disaster for most parts of the developing world.
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I hate to think of a day where a compelling book or a compelling authorial voice would be lost simply because that person doesn't have a Web site. But I think that, to use the Internet in a positive way, to turn people on to reading, is something that authors shouldn't really shy away from necessarily.
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I hope my books empower kids, and that they learn how to work out their problems themselves.
