Jeff Kinney Quotes
I can tell you that the book 'The Ugly Truth' is about puberty and all the awfulness that comes with that time in a person's life. It was definitely some different subject matter to be writing about, especially knowing some of my audience are second and third graders.
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In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth.
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Illegal downloading, digital cheating, and cutting and pasting other people's stuff may be easy, but that doesn't make those activities right.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!
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Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.
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I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there, it's possible that I could be run through their system, their judicial system, and wind up in some county jail where I could be killed and I'm not gonna take that chance.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
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And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.
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I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once.
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My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.
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I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.
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The love that gushes for all is the real elixir of life - the fountain of bodily longevity. It is the lack of this that always produces the feeling of age.
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I feel like I've set the bar fairly high, and I want to keep living up to that bar.
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Interest, say in mathematics, has usually been killed by routine teaching, exactly as the literary interest... has been killed...
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Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and terrorists are bad people. The ideals of these groups are in opposition to everything our nation stands for and everything that holds true to our founding principles. Their hatred of people dissimilar to them is un-American, and it should not be tolerated under any circumstances.
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I can tell you that the book 'The Ugly Truth' is about puberty and all the awfulness that comes with that time in a person's life. It was definitely some different subject matter to be writing about, especially knowing some of my audience are second and third graders.
