Scott Westerfeld Quotes
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We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world.
Rachel Griffiths -
I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.
J. Anthony Lukas -
I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
J. Robert Oppenheimer -
We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.
Samuel L. Jackson -
There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence. A lot of the time when I'm not writing I start thinking I can't do it.
Wendy Cope
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
Youssou N'Dour -
I'm very moody, so I dress for whatever mood I'm in. Sometimes I want to be a little more boyish and flowy and comfortable. Sometimes I want to feel a little sexier and more composed.
Banks -
I used to work in kitchens, doing 12 or more hours a day of physical labor, so today, eight to 12 hours of cooking, chatting or filming feels like a vacation. When I have a scheduled 'day off,' I spend several hours writing, then I clean until I crash from fatigue. I don't relax well.
Rachael Ray -
I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.
Samantha Morton -
All men ought to think of Christ because of the office Christ fills between God and man. He is the eternal Son of God through whom alone the Father can be known, approached, and served. He is the appointed Mediator between God and man through whom alone we can be reconciled with God, pardoned, justified, and saved.
J. C. Ryle -
I am a vampire/werewolf and sci-fi fanatic. God is so good! I get to play in a series that has all that!
Nelsan Ellis
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Over the years, I've traveled to many places for inspiration and research, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, California, and Hawaii.
Jennifer Chiaverini -
I can't consciously explain how people feel after reading my books. All is too personal.
Paulo Coelho -
I have an amazing relationship with my wife, but sometimes there are arguments. It happens.
Kris Allen -
One thing that I've noticed about big families is that they usually break down into two camps: the talkers and the watchers.
Elvis Mitchell -
Few things are more important to each individual's future success or to our nation's prosperity than education.
Mark Kennedy -
The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.
Christy Turlington
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Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.
Joan Didion -
The technical side of things is invaluable, but that side of the process should be unconscious. Your technical abilities should just allow your brain to just flow. And to be in a flow of creation at all times.
Jonathan Mannion -
It's my luck that I was born a bit of an old soul, and it's served me well.
Laurence Fishburne -
I always loved magic and fantasy/adventure series as a kid.
Hale Appleman -
If we can make some kind of adjustments, maybe in the game, to make it interesting and slow down the surfaces, then it will be more fun and more interesting.
Jana Novotna -
I can’t imagine anything worse than being required to have fun.
Scott Westerfeld