E. L. Konigsburg Quotes
I believe in courtesy. It is the way we avoid hurting people's feelings. She thought that maybe, just maybe, western civilization was in decline because people did not take time to take tea at four o'clock.
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Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.
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I like when a girl knows what she looks like and dresses to accentuate those features.
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People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness.
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It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.
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For fiction, I'm not particularly nationalistic. I'm not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work.
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I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed my comic book and tore it up. I was really upset, but then she brought in a pile of books from her own library. That was the best thing that ever happened to me.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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People thought we were a joke because we got noticed so fast.
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I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often.
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Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.
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Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.
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I can be extremely vulnerable. People are tough on me because they think I can handle it.
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Just personally, I've been attached to 'On the Road' since 2007 and it was the greatest thing in my life when I got cast in it. I couldn't believe it. When I was 17 and read the book, I looked it up on IMDb and it said that Francis Ford Coppola was going to direct it.
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Where was Paris Hilton a year ago? She's a fabulous character to write about.
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I was a dramatic kid. I was always like, 'Watch me put on my play, Mom and Dad! You have to watch me put on all these outfits and do this play!' But my family is very academic and straightforward and normal Midwestern people, so the idea that I could act as an actual job wasn't really there.
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I've always felt that my life's been at the right place at the right time; I feel like there's been some really dull moments, really high moments, really low moments, but it's always felt like everything's moved in the right direction; it always feels great, and everything feels right.
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Marriage is socialism among two people.
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You can't believe everything you read. I am only six foot three, by the way.
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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
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A lot of people simply don't realize their potential because they're just so risk adverse. They just don't want to take the risk.
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I spent an awful lot of my life underestimating myself and, as a result, not exceeding my own expectations.
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Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
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I believe in courtesy. It is the way we avoid hurting people's feelings. She thought that maybe, just maybe, western civilization was in decline because people did not take time to take tea at four o'clock.
