Matthew Prior Quotes
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When I was a little girl, I told everyone I was going to marry a very clever scientist and have ten children. I would always draw the children, and they included blond-haired twin boys whom I named Theodore and Frederick: Teddy and Freddy for short.
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Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening.
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You know how you can be romantic? You can be romantic by going to a beautiful setting, sitting on a park bench, and getting good ole-fashioned golden arches, a.k.a. McDonald's. That's probably the best I can do romantically.
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I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of that wrong impression, I became the editor of the campus literary magazine.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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The American fans would love to see me fight anybody.
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2016 is going to be a fight. A fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of our nation.
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To be rude to someone is not my nature.
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I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me.
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Writing is a creative process, and you need to have the doors and windows of your mind open so that you have the possibility of change.
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I'm still not used to the idea of being the youngest circumnavigator.
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I have Aboriginal roots on my father's side, and have always indentified with that spirit. I feel a lot of my music comes from that place.
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While I'm writing, I'm also the first reader, and I want to write a book where I'm excited about what happens next.
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The idea was always to be an actor.
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Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money and be famous for making a lot of money and being famous.
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The new Germany has the unquestionable right to hold its tongue between its teeth.
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States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking.
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There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and values, and in ensuring that the Nigerian family is built on core values that will form the bedrock of the future society. We must showcase the ideals of family life and be models of family values.
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Actions lie louder than words.
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Best fishing in troubled waters.
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In the end, it is because the media are driven by the power and wealth of private individuals that they turn private lives into public spectacles. If every private life is now potentially public property, it is because private property has undermined public responsibility.
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The reason why we do maths is because it's like poetry. It's about patterns, and that really turned me on. It made me feel that maths was in tune with the other things I liked doing.
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Once you get off the network news train, it's hard to get back on.
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It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
