Scott Westerfeld Quotes
Money's the same, whoever gives it to you. That was the point of money, after all: crisp and clean or wrinkled or disintegrated into quarters - a dollar was always worth a hundred cents.
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My story is endless. I put in a teletype roll, you know, you know what they are, you have them in newspapers, and run it through there and fix the margins and just go, go - just go, go, go.
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Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that.
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The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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I like boxes because of the secrets they hide.
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Life is just so much fun and so filled with humor.
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With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about.
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Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.
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I subscribe to the online Urban Dictionary's definition of nerd: 'one whose IQ exceeds his weight'. I'm also keen on the same Urban Dictionary's definition of geek: 'the person you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult'. I happily proclaim myself a book nerd/reading geek and proud of it.
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A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It's harder when everybody is against you.
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Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
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My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
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'Like I told you, I'm not a magician,' he says. 'If something isn't working, I don't try to guess.'
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Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd, Lady, it is to be presum'd, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free, Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
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But don't call me an actor. I'm just a worker. I am an entertainer. Don't say that what I am doing is art.
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Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture.
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Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.
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I love pop music, but I love pop music that does something a little bit different.
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There are certain performers that the gay community receives and recognizes with love, and my whole life, I've always responded to those same artists.
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If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.
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There is a waterfall in every dream. Cool and crystal clear, it falls gently on the sleeper, cleansing the mind and soothing the soul.
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The thing about hitting kids is, think about if you were doing the same thing to another adult. Hitting your kid is really the same as hitting your employee or wife, and the issue become pretty clear when you think about it that way.
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I love team sports - they give me something to focus on rather than the fact that I can't breathe or my muscles are aching.
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Money's the same, whoever gives it to you. That was the point of money, after all: crisp and clean or wrinkled or disintegrated into quarters - a dollar was always worth a hundred cents.
