Jonathan Stroud Quotes
We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories you've been told and decide if these great figures are indeed as great as you've been told.
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We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.
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I do this thing at every party: I go to a party, I stand around for, like, 45 minutes, and then I turn to my wife and say, 'I think we should go home.' And then we leave, and then I wake up the next morning and say to my wife, 'We don't go out anymore.' It's a great trick.
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The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.
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I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That's why now, even when I get tired, I think, 'This is what I asked for.'
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I hate competition.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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World-building is my favorite pastime, so with me, I'm always about reining myself in. I don't want to lose too much of the mystery by hammering every detail to death. I did fiddle with lots of maps for 'Glass Sword,' as the second installment sees Mare, Cal and company traveling throughout their country, and that's always fun for me.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.
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You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good.
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I'm a real romantic.
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I learn my songs by ear.
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Quickly, after I landed in England, I found out ways to get scholarships. England turned out to be a very encouraging place for me.
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The chaos and confusion during the waning days of the Kitzhaber administration, as well as the ensuing federal investigations into allegations of misconduct, caused Oregonians to question their faith in their governor and state government.
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Thank you for touching me. Some of the only moments worth living were spent with you. Not you especially, the collective you.
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When I first started as a cover band, I built everything based on hanging out every night after the shows and talking to as many people as I can and making relationships.
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The pop industry is so well-practised at channelling young people's creative energy that I think it gets abused.
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We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories you've been told and decide if these great figures are indeed as great as you've been told.
