Nancy Farmer Quotes
Does is make the dragon happy?" Matt asked. "Does is make the dragon happy?" echoed Tam Lin. "Why, I never thought of that. I suppose it does. What other pleasure can a creature have whose life consists of making everyone else miserable?
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Iggy Pop has a voice that's somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don't know how he does what he does.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
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I think I need security.
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It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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TV, film, and theater are considered art, and art is a reflection of life. What happens in life includes violence, unfortunately.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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I have done Botox, and I loved it.
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If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.
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I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect.
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Probably the only way Woody Allen and I are similar is that he has a lot to say about Nietzsche.
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I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away.
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You know, I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand.
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The dream is to have it all. Who says you can't have your cake and eat it too? Live this life, that life, this life, you know? You only live one time - I want to get it all in.
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Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.
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Does is make the dragon happy?" Matt asked. "Does is make the dragon happy?" echoed Tam Lin. "Why, I never thought of that. I suppose it does. What other pleasure can a creature have whose life consists of making everyone else miserable?
