Simon Baker Quotes
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.
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Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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I'm not a divorce monger by any means, but if you're not happy in a relationship, and you've grown apart, it's not healthy for a couple to stay together. It's better for kids to see two happy parents than two miserable parents.
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When I'm writing, I spend all my time in The Grocer on Elgin buying ready-made meals; I think they are the only reason my husband and kids haven't left me.
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I want to just be what kids believe in.
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I really make sure that my girls understand the importance of education. I don't want them to be spoilt and only know private school kids. I want them to behave well by example.
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You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
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For my wrap present, Colin Farrell gave me a first edition book. I got so involved with this character and I was so sad when the movie was over that when I got home and I tried to read the book I got really emotional and I started crying.
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When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.
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Between work and the kids, I never see anyone anymore. I mean, when I first met with ABC last spring, and they asked me what I'd been doing lately, I said: 'Gee, I have two kids. I'm usually covered with food, wrinkled and feel guilty all the time.
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My kids don't go back and forth; none of this 50/50 time with the mums and dads. My children live with me; that is it.
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I learned early that I had to work harder than the white kids and harder than the boys.
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I started visiting schools and talking to kids about bullying and what to do and how to deal with it. I don't think that there is one person who has lived life without being bullied. Everybody gets bullied - whether it's cyber-bullying or to your face or behind your back.
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I love working with kids and seeing the light come on when they realize they are smart. It's so beautiful to watch.
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We go around and talk about what are each of the kids most proud of from the previous week.
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Kids are really tougher than adults, but we tend to forget this in an affluent society that lets kids indulge themselves.
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Isn't that interesting. All the book clubs. I've never belonged to one.
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What I am very, very moved and struck by is that so many people in the world are often living a life that they hadn't planned for themselves. And they wake up one day and say, 'Hang on. Who am I? Is this really me? Is this what I really wanted?' And also, 'Can I change it? Have I got the courage to change it?'
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I had written a book that dealt with really serious issues. Was anybody going to want to read a Christmas love story from me?
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A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself.
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I do like comic book movies, but only the ones that I read as a kid.
