Meg Rosoff Quotes
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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
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It's insane to me to ask anybody to be what they're not. Know what you know the best, love the most. That's always going to be the answer to the thing that you have the best shot at winning at.
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If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.
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You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
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I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.
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I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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How strange a thing like that happens to a man. He dabbles in something and does not realise that it is his life.
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I lived a block and a half away from four cousins, and I had three siblings. The Jaeger home was a big, messy, happy family.
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Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There are very few artists that can succeed without the help of a record label. The role of the record label is still required, it's still necessary.
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For some reason, I like to put myself in situations where I don't even know how I ended up there. I never want to be complacent or comfortable in a role.
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My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.
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Any action that is dictated by fear or by coercion of any kind ceases to be moral.
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I saw this on CNN a few days ago. In New York these cops freaked out. They shot at this guy like 15 times 'cause they said they thought he had a a grenade. HE WAS EATING A PEAR! How do you fuck that up?! Unless he was eating it like 'AHHHHHH! *throws pear* THAT'S A DELICIOUS PEAR!!!'
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'All my life,' I said, 'knowledge has come to me for which I was not ready.'
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We are sufficiently at the mercy of machines, Roger; if our music must necessarily be mechanical, then it is time for us to throw in the sponge, and abandon all hope for the future of humanity.
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This never gets old, and when it does, I'll go do a movie. I like the fact that I can get into other projects because everything feels fresh when I come back to music.
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We are talking about a special player, the one who would mean a lot to us. Anyhow, I wish him a lot of luck in his career.
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What came first the chicken or the dickhead?
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In the odd moment when I am not thinking about horses, I write books.
