Sharon Draper (Sharon Mills Draper) Quotes
With the 'Hazelwood High' trilogy, I wasn't sure I was writing a trilogy. I would just write one book, then another, and then another, because the young adults who wrote me told me that they wanted to read more.
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I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind.
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If I score a goal on the road, I come home, and that's probably the first thing I'm doing, pullin' up the laptop and watching. Can't watch it in front of the teammates, or else I'll get made fun of.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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I wouldn't do a film like 'The Dirty Picture.' I have a husband and kids, and I won't be able to do justice to such a role. You need a certain mentality and ease to carry such a character.
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There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun.
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Our marine terminals are invaluable commerce infrastructure, not only to our country but also for the many foreign manufacturers who sell primarily in the U.S. market.
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I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.
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I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'
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Sleeping is forbidden at the age of 22. It's all work and no play.
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The funkiest housing in Holland is for low-income, and I think that's very nice.
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When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.
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I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
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Assad owes his continuation in power to the intervention of Russia in 2015 to prop up his regime.
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At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.
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A good day is when no one shows up, and you don't have to go anywhere.
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When we started Aventura, I think a lot of - the reason why we became so successful besides, you know, doing good music, was also the fact that it was unique and different and never done.
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Everyone expects me to be 9 feet tall and weigh 200 pounds when they meet me.
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Don't focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.
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A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.
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Never make a joke or try for humor at someone else's expense. In a high-stakes environment, everyone needs to feel safe.
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If we were to raise interest rates too steeply, and we were to trigger a downturn or contribute to a downturn, we have limited scope for responding, and it is an important reason for caution.
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Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!
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It's, like, a rule. You can't have Christmas without snow.
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With the 'Hazelwood High' trilogy, I wasn't sure I was writing a trilogy. I would just write one book, then another, and then another, because the young adults who wrote me told me that they wanted to read more.
