Sharon Creech Quotes
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I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.
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Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.
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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
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Couples counseling gets many couples back together. But not all, and not always. For your own sake and that of your children, however, I recommend it - I almost insist on it - as the first step for anyone unhappy in a relationship.
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A lot of times, people are ashamed of feeling weak and being rejected - so it's liberating to be able to sing about those things. And it's amazing when other people don't feel alone because they hear it.
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Jesus Christ is a prince of peace. He told us to live in peace. He told us to love our enemies. He told us to do good to them that spitefully use us.
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I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of these ceremonies has an appeal, but I'm content with what little religion I already have.
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I'm a voracious reader. I also have a ton of favorite TV shows I'm addicted to.
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I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from.
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I know you have a heavy heart, I can feel it when we kissSo many men stronger than meHave thrown their backs out trying to lift itBut me I'm not a gambleYou can count on me to splitThe love I sell you in the evening by the morning won't exist.
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Yes, I think I am a realist. Because I make what I see. It's only the problem of seeing it. If you can imagine a thing, conjure it up in space - then you can make it, and tout de suite you're a realist. The universe is real but you can't see it. You have to imagine it. Once you imagine it, you can be realistic about reproducing it.
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Political philosophy has lost its credibility in proportion as politics itself has become more philosophic than ever in a sense.
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Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man.
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I think some people who say they're not Christians can behave in a more godly fashion than people who call themselves Christians.
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A world where people do not care about the quality of their experience is not a good world for Apple. A world where people care about those details and want to complain about them is the world where our values shine.
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I think I would just want to say that I do view serving in government as an honor, and I do view it as a responsibility.
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At a certain point, Mike Tyson and I reacted to violence a little differently. I was afraid to leave my house for three years while he became the heavyweight champion of the world. The thing was, at first, we reacted to it the same way, and our cowardice and trauma defined us.
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It's always good to have other people who you can lean on and pick you up when you're down and vice versa.
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I mean, I've been stupid in the past, and I've learned from that.
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When you have brothers, you learn to be fiercely competitive with someone you love so they won't kill you and you won't kill them.
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I'm a big believer in investing for the long term, and the decisions you make shouldn't be made if the economy is good or bad at a specific time.
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I think every woman in their life wants to give a good face smack.
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You have to, in your own life, get people to want to work with you and want to help you. The organizational chart, in my opinion, means very little. I need my bosses' goodwill, but I need the goodwill of my subordinates even more.
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Life is like a bowl of spaghetti. Every once in a while, you get a meatball.
