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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Hey, it's been a great ride for me, a great life. Everything I have I owe to baseball. Baseball owes me nothin'. Ain't nobody has to give me nothin'. I would be embarrassed if I had a day somewhere. I don't want no day. I want friends, to live my life the way I wanna live it.
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I really like watching reruns of 'The Crystal Maze.' It's something that I find weirdly comforting. If I ever have even a small amount of banknotes, I love to 'Crystal Maze' them by throwing them in the air and catching them. But it's never as fun as it looks on TV.
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Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like.
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Good Lord - if I couldn't multitask, I don't know what I'd do.
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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.
