Sarah Rees Brennan Quotes
Why are you putting on lip gloss, my daughter?” Dad asked. “Trip to the library? Trip to the nunnery? I hear the nunneries are nice this time of year” … “Is this true, Kami? Are you going out on a date?” Dad asked tragically. “Wearing that? Wouldn’t you fancy a shapeless cardigan instead? You rock a shapeless cardigan, honey.
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My dad once said that in criminal law you see terrible people on their best behavior; in family law you see great people on their worst behavior.
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My favorite moments? Where it's all going swimmingly, the sun's out and I've got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.
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My dad makes food with very few delicate flavours.
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When people take advantage of you and make a business out of it, that's not nice.
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I Skype my mum every day. Everyone in my family does creative things, so it's nice to have that support.
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I'm a country girl. I have to be in nature, so my daughter is exposed to it a lot.
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I enjoy celebrating Valentine's Day. It's a nice way to say you're thinking about your family, someone special, or dear friends.
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I started kite boarding when I was 13. My dad was a kite boarder, and I begged him to teach me until he finally agreed. He made me wait because it can be dangerous.
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I busted my chin open trying to be Evel Knievel on my bike. When it happened, you could see straight through to the bone, I thought my dad was going to pass out. It left a scar that I still have now.
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The nice thing about writing at home is that it's almost as though I'm doing it already. I get out of bed thinking of my work, and I don't have to go anywhere to do it.
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I would read a lot about how to be a dad. I had never changed a diaper before we had Birdie.
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When I returned to the United States after three years of World War II service, my total assets consisted of one wife, one small daughter, $276 in the bank, and an idea. The idea was for an export business to supply items badly needed everywhere in Europe.
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When a woman behaves like a man why doesn't she behave like a nice man?
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I never wanted a life of having a nice house, driving around, settling down.
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To say something nice about yourself, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They'd rather take their clothes off.
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I think my dad is this great, wonderful... man with a lot of integrity, who is fighting for things he believes in and is serious in what he wants to see happen and serious in helping people.
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It's like with a girl: it's more fun to meet and slowly, gradually learn things about each other. A little mystery is always nice and it's interesting to still learn new things about someone you are involved with.
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I'm a nice middle-class girl in real life, and I'm a mom and a grandma, and I usually play sweet characters.
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I don't have any delusions. I'm not a novelist - I'm a comedian who writes. I love doing the stand-up and the touring and the albums and all that, but it's pretty amazing to go into a library and see your book there.
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At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.
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Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.
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When you're fighting for economic and social justice, you're always fighting for the minority.
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When you photograph someone, you have to make them feel good, and you know that they want to look good. It's the same relationship that you have when you apply makeup on somebody. We're almost like shrinks.
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Why are you putting on lip gloss, my daughter?” Dad asked. “Trip to the library? Trip to the nunnery? I hear the nunneries are nice this time of year” … “Is this true, Kami? Are you going out on a date?” Dad asked tragically. “Wearing that? Wouldn’t you fancy a shapeless cardigan instead? You rock a shapeless cardigan, honey.
