Scott Westerfeld Quotes
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I am not a slim person, so I regularly exercise to be healthy mentally and physically.
Park Shin-hye -
I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.
Naguib Mahfouz -
When I retired from the circus at the grand old age of 11, my parents thought it would be best to focus more on the challenges ahead, and so I started at Methodist College Belfast.
Ian Beattie -
A. A violent order is disorder; and B. A great disorder is an order. These Two things are one.
Wallace Stevens -
'In the light, the earth remains our first and our last love. Our brothers are breathing under the same sky as we; justice is a living thing. Now is born that strange joy which helps one live and die, and which we shall never again postpone to a later time.'
Albert Camus -
I'm a massive fan of the 'Bourne' franchise, and I think Damon's brilliant in it, and I love the films. I'm really into it.
Max Beesley Incognito
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I think people are always saying things are 'over.' Fiction has been regularly 'over' since the 19th century.
Claire Tomalin -
I'm constantly dodging people in L.A. There are some people I don't ever wanna see again, but if you live where you grew up, you're running into people constantly.
Jenny Lewis -
VH1 does its little '80s retro thing once in a while, all of us in our bad hairdos and unfortunate clothes.
Debbi Peterson -
People are consuming more than ever, but I think they want a bit of honesty and depth. Adele, Gotye, Janelle Monae - they're giving you a catchy song, but it's also a challenging song at the same time.
Kimbra Lee Johnson -
Writing on the blog, you want to get attention and make strong claims. In academic work, that often doesn't pay, so sometimes it's a little bit difficult going back and forth to navigate these differences.
Alex Tabarrok -
I can't play 'Madden' without an index finger!
Jason Pierre-Paul
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I'm trying to get better at singing. I just want to be great vocally on stage so I can give fans a real show, like Jazmine Sullivan does.
Bryson Tiller -
I don't like scaring people off. When I tell people I'm a writer, they look kind of interested. Then I tell them that I write poetry, and they think I'm weird.
Amy Gerstler -
It really, truly is sad when it's over, man. To not have that regularness, that familiarity. I love working in television because of that. It's like going to see your family every day.
Drea De Matteo -
Crying wolf is a real danger.
David Attenborough -
I would like to do more independent films.
Ansel Elgort -
My tongue is what I used instead of my fists because I was a small and cowardly young man. Amusing people with stories and being bizarre with words was my way of getting out of fixes.
Jim Crace
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Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement which tries to work out the most effective ways to improve the world. Effective altruists - conform to old-school utilitarian principles - consider all causes and actions, and then act in the way that they believe brings about the greatest positive impact.
Jens Martin Skibsted -
I'm so burned out, the only person I can stand is myself. I'm the only one I would put through this. Wheels and wings, The ride is everything. I'm all I've got. I'm all I can take. Another day has destroyed a part of me. So far so good.
Henry Rollins Black Flag -
The student should bear in mind that the very essence of consciousness is constantly to identify itself with the Not-Self, and as constantly to re-assert itself by rejecting the Not-Self. Consciousness, in fact, consists of this alternating assertion and negation - "I am this" - "I am not this." Hence consciousness is, and causes in matter, the attracting and repelling that we call a vibration.
Arthur E. Powell -
You look beautiful - David
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