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?
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see.
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I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.
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My husband helps take care of our kids.
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Sometimes I think that the one thing I love most about being an adult is the right to buy candy whenever and wherever I want.
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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?
