Sarah Rees Brennan Quotes
I realise people exist who don't read. But it's like I knew there were people who didn't breathe or eat: I can't imagine a life like that.
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It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.
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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
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Our career had a sort of funny shape.
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I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
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When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.
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The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been struggling to more fully integrate women. Its troops, after all, reflect society.
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The less you do to beautiful food, the better it's going to taste. You don't need to mess with it all the time.
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Sarah is very strong. She's really intelligent and she's very physically capable. I like to put that into my own life as well.
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Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
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We cannot let another person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness.
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I studied really hard. But Hollywood never appreciated my talent.
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The smells of slow cooking spread around the house and impart a unique warmth matched only by the flavour of the food.
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I'm not just a big-haired redhead country singer who dresses flamboyantly, has this wicked sense of humor and wears rhinestones.
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Many of my fellow atheists consider all talk of 'spirituality' or 'mysticism' to be synonymous with mental illness, conscious fraud, or self-deception. I have argued elsewhere that this is a problem - because millions of people have had experiences for which 'spiritual' and 'mystical' seem the only terms available.
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Trust is a confusing thing. It seems so simple, but when you try to pin it down, it can be so elusive.
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Success and suffering are vitally and organically linked. If you succeed without suffering, it is because someone suffered for you; if you suffer without succeeding, it is in order that someone else may succeed after you.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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You do not have to imagine things; reality gives you all you need.
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Violence can be very grotesque and also intensely attractive. What interests me is how the two - beauty and violence - live side by side, and how moments can be created and erased almost simultaneously. Destruction is painful, but at times it can be very cathartic.
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The Labour party is a lost cause for anybody who is moderate and sensible and believes in that left-of-centre view of life.
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I realise people exist who don't read. But it's like I knew there were people who didn't breathe or eat: I can't imagine a life like that.
