Judy Blume Quotes
I try to create new characters in each book I write. That's what makes writing fun and interesting for me.
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If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.
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First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team.
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Anyone can call himself a promoter. Anyone can call himself a promoter and stage a fight. Unlike other professional sports, whose owners collude out of mutual interest in their sport's image and general welfare, there are no real alliances or partnerships in boxing.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
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I'm from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.
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I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to understand the composer's works.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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My degree was in theater administration. So I can sell the hell out of a ticket at the box office.
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With almost every book I've written, my secret target audience is the young therapist. In this way, I am staying in my professorial role; I'm writing teaching stories and teaching novels.
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I'm not one of these actresses like, 'Okay, where's the camera? Is it here? Is it here?' I don't even ask the questions because I don't really want to know. I like not performing for a camera but giving it my best every single time whether you're close or whether you're far.
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If somebody writes a book and doesn't care for the survival of that book, he's an imbecile.
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The thing about Ray is, he's not going to panic. He's been around forever. He was able to play tackle for us last year and now he's come in to play guard. He's a pretty unusual person. He's been given a great body, but with Ray, it's also about character.
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It was an odd coincidence that my career took off the same decade as having babies. I often wished it had been different, that I had my big career bump in my thirties and my babies in my forties or vice versa.
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I get very invested in characters, it's the only way I find that I can write a book and really make it work.
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I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There were songs like 'Clown' and 'Mountains' that were my songs that I wanted to keep. But the record labels saw me as a songwriter. It was hard to get people to believe in me as an artist.
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I try to create new characters in each book I write. That's what makes writing fun and interesting for me.
