Jeff Kinney Quotes
I labored for eight years thinking I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher informed me I'd written a children's book.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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Ranger fans, they're expecting you to win, so you really want to show up every day.
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I'm really nearsighted, which has served me well.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them.
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I'm just so grateful for the 10 years that I had in Sri Lanka when it was in the middle of a war and I was getting shot at, because now and again I remember glimpses of those times, and I just go, 'Wow, I'll never, ever see that again in my life. And I'm never gonna feel that, and I'm never gonna feel for a human being like that.'
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This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail - I shall succeed.
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My style is kind of eclectic and I don't like to do the same thing over and over again. I like to have fun and explore myself so you won't see the same design.
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I adore anything Michael Alexis writes.
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I think the future takes care of itself.
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I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect like that.
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You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.
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We're changing the way people are going to look at wrestling, women's wrestling, forever. Forever. And we're at the start of it? That's unbelievable. That's unbelievable! Unbelievable.
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I love the sense of how time passes when I'm acting. When you're not aware of the clock ticking, that is always a good sign you're enjoying something.
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People I looked up to a lot were, you know, Oprah because she had a rough childhood but overcame so many obstacles and broke barriers to become who she is. It was really eye opening to me: just because I had a rough childhood doesn't mean that I can't make something of myself.
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The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you.
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I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become an idea man and a copywriter.
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There are so many issues in society - we talk about the violence, the drugs, the unwanted pregnancies - but at the end of the day, it comes down to what we taught our children to be.
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We do not discard something we know to be true because of something we do not yet understand.
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I labored for eight years thinking I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher informed me I'd written a children's book.
