Laura Amy Schlitz Quotes
If you're not going to wear a tiara when you win a Newbery Award, when are you going to wear one?
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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Girls love guys who dance, and I'm definitely going to be the first one on the dance floor. Usually, you just see guys sitting around, but I definitely don't hold back when it comes to dancing.
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The Sangh Parivar, against which I had been waging a war, misled the people. My opponents used the Election Commission and the bureaucracy to win a political battle.
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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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I've got to win every race.
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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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An incident that left an impression on me was the 1999 sub-junior national boxing championship held in Calcutta. I had trained extremely hard to get there but got kicked out in the first round itself. 'If others can win, why can't you?' I repeatedly asked myself.
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You either get better, or you don't progress.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
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People are realizing we have some good players here. Anytime you lose, nothing really matters except winning. ... People realize that when you win, you obviously have some good players on your team.
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On a more practical level, anyone out there who wants to be a writer should clearly recognize that this is a brutal business, where even incredibly talented people sometimes never make a living. If you want to chase such a dream, please have a Plan B in place.
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We like to put people on a pedestal, give them one character trait, and if they step outside of that shrinelike area that we blocked out for them, then we will punish them.
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If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
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Moving to Los Angeles and working in places like Hawaii, you get to experience a true melting pot. It's really nice to be around people who are multiethnic.
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If you're not going to wear a tiara when you win a Newbery Award, when are you going to wear one?
