Mem Fox Quotes
When I say to a parent, "read to a child", I don't want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate.
Quotes to Explore
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It's those damn critics again.
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If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them.
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I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.
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Album sales have collapsed, with few artists making money from albums; touring is more lucrative. But I'm 53 now and won't be able to tour forever, so a logical step is to get into writing film scores. Trouble is, you need to be somewhere which has a big film industry - another reason why I'm thinking about living in California.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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I wake up some mornings hating me too.
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I want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the things that I love to do up until the end. And the end is by no means rushing up on me.
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I hate to travel with stuff.
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I suppose I do think I go out of my way to be a very normal person, and I just find it frustrating that people think that I'm some kind of weirdo reclusive that never comes out into the world.
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I would like to do something modern and possibly funny.
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I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.
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I had a teacher in college who drastically changed the course of my life by telling me that he believed in me as an actor. I never received that support before, and it inspired to me to such a degree that I never looked back. He taught me that it's okay to be crappy; it's okay to fight; it's okay to go to any length.
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I did not expect to encounter what has beset me since my elevation to the presidency. God knows, I have endeavored to fulfill what I considered to be an honest duty, but I have been mistaken; my motives have been misconstrued and my feelings grossly betrayed.
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You can't be an entrepreneur and work in a public company anymore.
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Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939 for a nice partner to come along. It became an electric rhythm section, and that changed everything.
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The books I write because I want to read them, the games because I want to play them, and stories I tell because I find them exciting personally.
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I was supported from every side by my family and by the ministers, but so much also by the people.
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You can get the true essence of New Yorkers by just hanging out in Central Park
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I was a dancer from a young age. My parents were dancers; we were taken to a lot of ballet as children. It occurred to me that what I liked more than dancing the steps was acting the story of whatever particular performance I was taking part in.
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Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil.
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The only films that really matter to me are the ones where there are characters whose interactions are moving.
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I don't think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.
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When I say to a parent, "read to a child", I don't want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate.
