Kami Garcia Quotes
At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
Quotes to Explore
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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The student will try to defy the master. Always.
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I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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I hate competition.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
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The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.
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I'm a big fan of Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars – that's my next level. You've got to dream. People have always tried to shoot me down for wanting to be a big worldwide star. But why not? You have to broaden your horizons and put yourself out there.
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'Duty' is a refreshingly honest memoir and a moving one. Mr. Gates scrupulously identifies his flaws and mistakes: He waited too long, for example, for the military bureaucracy to fix critical supply issues like the drones needed in Iraq and took three years to replace a dysfunctional command structure in Afghanistan.
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I want to remind people of a different kind of glamour, a different look, and breaking the rules of fashion. I wanna break the rules.
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He who confuses political liberty with freedom and political equality with similarity has never thought for five minutes about either.
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At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
