E. L. Konigsburg Quotes
The essential problems remain the same... The kids I write about are asking for the same things I wanted. They want two contradictory things. They want to be the same as everyone else, and they want to be different from everyone else. They want acceptance for both.E. L. Konigsburg
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I definitely go with the flow because I feel like I have been so lucky, and so many things have happened to me that just never should have happened.
Vicki Lawrence -
I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
Dakota Blue Richards -
I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.
Natascha McElhone -
It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.
Natalie Merchant -
The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
Yehuda Amichai -
Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
Yoko Ono
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
G. Willow Wilson -
I never thought I'd live this long. It sounds funny because I still think of myself as a kid.
Larry Dixon -
The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked.
Victoria Abril -
The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when that personality or that gimmick or whatever they had ran dry at the box office, they were dropped and out.
Jackie Cooper -
I love simplicity.
Zendaya -
My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
Xavier Samuel
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
Adam Peaty -
Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
Oleg Cassini -
As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
Kajal Aggarwal -
Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
Gary Miller Bad Brains -
I'm a really bad liar.
Daniel Craig -
As the numbers of native-born Europeans begin to fall, with their anemic fertility rates, will the aging Europeans become more magnanimous toward destitute newcomers who do not speak the national language or assimilate into the national culture but consume its benefits?
Pat Buchanan
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Quotation, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated.
Ambrose Bierce -
Writing is hard - writing is the hardest.
Aubrey Plaza -
I haven't lost my head yet.
Andrew Cuomo -
Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
Halima Aden -
If Unix could present the same face, the same capabilities, on machines of many different types, it could serve as a common software environment for all of them.
Eric S. Raymond -
The essential problems remain the same... The kids I write about are asking for the same things I wanted. They want two contradictory things. They want to be the same as everyone else, and they want to be different from everyone else. They want acceptance for both.
E. L. Konigsburg