Scott Westerfeld Quotes
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I'm getting older and older.
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The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible.
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Failure is a part of success.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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It is everybody's wish to work with Mani Ratnam.
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I believe I am a moderate Democrat: I am pro-business and also progressive.
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I've always been very inspired by fashion. I've always been a big fan of style.
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I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but lives in Ghana. I grew up in Boston.
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I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our businesses coming back almost across the board.
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A crowd of ordinary decent folk Watched from without and neither moved nor spoke As three pale figures were led forth and bound To three posts driven upright in the ground.
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I love my country, but maybe that's because I'm white and rich. I'm not technically rich, but I do have a lot of shit, that I refuse to share with others.
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Truth is a well-known pathological liar. It invariably turns out to be Fiction wearing a fancy frock. Self-proclaimed Fiction, on the other hand, is entirely honest. You can tell this, because it comes right out and says, 'I'm a Liar,' right there on the dust jacket.
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Public speaking, for me, or speaking even in front of a handful of people is my greatest fear.
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When you get frisked by the police at the age of 10, and they empty your schoolbag out in the street and kick your books around and calling you names because of where you live, you just get an anger towards everyone who is outside of your neighborhood.
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Performance art is really more of a command than an invitation.
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I just really work hard on myself every day.
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We not only interpret the character of events... we may also interpret our interpretations.
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Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.
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People treat me nice 'cos I treat them nice.
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But, it was a popular show, and I knew everyone on it, so it was always fun to do.
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I'm friends with Taylor Swift, and I am tired of people asking me questions about our friendship. When I post a picture of us on Instagram, I'm posting a picture of me and my friend.
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With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.
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She smiled, turning toward Alek. "You don't know what a friend you have in Dylan.
