Sarah Rees Brennan Quotes
Lots of kids in books are only-child orphans, but I think it’s fun to have family as part of the adventure, to have familial love be as important as romantic love, and to show that love can go through fire and darkness – not unchanged, because experiences like that change everyone – but never faltering.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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Feminism is dead. The movement is absolutely dead. The women's movement tried to suppress dissident voices for way too long. There's no room for dissent.
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Faith is trust in ultimate meaning.
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Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
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You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
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L.A. makes you feel ugly.
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From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication.
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It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.
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Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.
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In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.
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I am not an insecure actor, and this reflects in the films I have done. Yes, there was a phase when I was adamant on solo hero roles, but that is over now.
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It's like someone important is missing from a party because you can't imagine an Olympic gymnastics competition without Romania.
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The successful painter is continually painting still life.
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I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that way.
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I grew up in a family business... that really has provided the core of my belief in American small business, and in America's ability to grow and operate important businesses that can compete and be successful.
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Since then, I have not missed five consecutive days in getting some type of aerobic exercise, mostly jogging.
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Lots of kids in books are only-child orphans, but I think it’s fun to have family as part of the adventure, to have familial love be as important as romantic love, and to show that love can go through fire and darkness – not unchanged, because experiences like that change everyone – but never faltering.
