Sarah Rees Brennan Quotes
Fear's useless. Either something bad happens or it doesn't: If it doesn't, you've wasted time being afraid, and if it does, you've wasted time that you could have spent sharpening your weapons.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.
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George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn't have a name for it, but their primary affections and intellectual attractions were all for other men.
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For me, clean fuels translates into cleaner air for Oregonians. I think that's a good thing.
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To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems.
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I like writing my own material - I'm pretty good at it.
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When I was 5 years old, my mother read me 'Gone With The Wind' at night, before I went to bed. I remember her reading almost all year.
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It's fun singing with other people who are really good singers. There's something kind of poignant about braiding a couple vocals.
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I became a Communist because I fell in love with a man who was a Red and entered the Army to take care of the Fascists, and I knew it would please him if I became one.
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I’m not a particularly ideological person. There’s things, some values I feel passionately about.
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The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.
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Let’s say this together: 'Great me no greats', and leave this grading to posterity.
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Becoming a human doing was exactly what society needed. But for an individual man, becoming a human doing was his undoing.
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Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it.
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Lord, bring honor to thy Son at my expense, whatever the cost, and send me the bill. It is my reasonable service - He paid mine.
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Learn the alchemy true human beings know. The moment you accept what troubles you've been given the door with open.
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All religions promise a reward for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding.
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When we overestimate the benefits of exercise, underestimate how many calories we eat, and overcompensate for a job well done, exercise is really a false protection from fattening food.
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Fear's useless. Either something bad happens or it doesn't: If it doesn't, you've wasted time being afraid, and if it does, you've wasted time that you could have spent sharpening your weapons.
