Jonathan Stroud Quotes
I like to have my characters talking in an up-to-date way, and I like their essentially modern self-awareness, which means we can have lots of irony and jokes.
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You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?
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I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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I run a solid 4-6 miles at a time, and over the last year two years I've gotten really into SoulCycle. It's sort of an evolved form of spinning.
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NBA games are exciting to watch and have global appeal. They are very popular in China. I do watch NBA games on television when I have time.
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When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'
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If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.'
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It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
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I'm a real romantic.
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I go light on breakfast. Sometimes it's a yogurt, but a lot of times it's leftovers from one of my wife's dinners.
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There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.
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I've always slightly envied other actors I know who have different reputations. I think, 'God, you don't get people coming up to you, going, 'Hey!' - because they're scared of you.'
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I'd rather lose large than win slightly. I think life is an oil painting, not a watercolor.
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It's a weird sensation to be mad and learning at the same time.
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I'm afraid to go to sleep; I don't like to lose control of myself. I don't like chauffeurs, either. I like to be in charge of my own destiny.
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Tradition is no longer a continuity but a series of sharp breaks. The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt.
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I like to have my characters talking in an up-to-date way, and I like their essentially modern self-awareness, which means we can have lots of irony and jokes.
