Nancy Farmer Quotes
Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other than listen. But I can write to it.
Quotes to Explore
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Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.
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Inflicting emotional distress has typically been treated as a civil action. How 'substantial' does the distress have to be for it to turn criminal?
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Imperialism was genuinely popular among Athenians who would expect to share in its profits, even if only indirectly and collectively, and not to have to bear its burdens.
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I don't care about image and all that nonsense. I'm in sweat pants every day. I don't play the game at all.
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It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.
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The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.
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The tech industry - and, more specifically, Silicon Valley - continues to stumble forward in earnest about how few women are represented in its top ranks of management and on its boards.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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I never hand in a book until it's completed. Richard Jackson then reads it and asks me to clarify murky points. We work very well together. He knows how hard to push, and I know how hard to push back. He's the only person who can criticize my work without me throwing a hissy fit.
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I like things simple.
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'Peace through Strength' only works if you have and show strength.
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I firmly believe caretaking the soul is incredibly important for happiness.
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I guess I don't believe that death is the end.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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The best thing we can do to help small-business owners succeed is cut spending.
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Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts.
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The way that I opened the door for the young people that come from where I come from and that have a different background, that is what I want to be remembered for.
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There's two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
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The Hawaiian language needs to be studied globally as a language of life.
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Social housing, education, health, jobs and sustainable surroundings. Those are my priorities.
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Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other than listen. But I can write to it.
