Nancy Farmer Quotes
But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.
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There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
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When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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I think the American people want to see the interactivity between candidates and audiences, and tough questions posed by people and how you handle them under fire.
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I'm interested in personalities, not political parties.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?
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In the U.K., we're surrounded by American accents. Anything we watch in television. We have 'How I Met Your Mother' and all these other shows here, so it's not something that's really alien to us.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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I'd always loved watching YouTube videos, and that's what inspired me to make them myself. Initially I was drawn to makeup tutorials – I learned everything I know about makeup from YouTube.
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It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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I say have the night and give people the awards, but why do people want to watch people win awards? What are they getting out of it? I don't quite get it. Because they have awards all the time; there's awards for butchers, the best meat served, but they don't televise it. I don't know why they do it for films or TV programs.
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There's good economic progress in Malaysia. People have a lot to look forward to.
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I was not put on this earth to listen to meat!
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The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer, was William Goldman's 'Marathon Man.' That was the first adult thriller that I loved. I read it when I was 15 or so, when my father gave it to me.
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When some systems are stuck in a dangerous impasse, randomness and only randomness can unlock them and set them free.
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Nobody owns me or my music.
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Soccer is like punk rock: The product is not necessarily terrible. The problem is the fan base.
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Studios and networks who ignore either shift - whether the increasing sophistication of storytelling, or the constantly shifting sands of technological advancement - will be left behind.
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.
