Ornella Muti Quotes
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After I won the Newbery Medal for 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,' children all over the world let me know that they liked books that take them to unusual places where they meet unusual people.
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The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.
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The people in your life are important. Meaningful relationships with those people are very important.
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I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.
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My children and my husband make me smile. My work makes me smile.
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Fairytales were never really meant for children; they were meant as cautionary tales for teenagers on the verge of growing up.
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At least the Pilgrim Fathers used to shoot Indians: the Pilgrim Children merely punch time clocks.
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'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.
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When you have girl children they torture you!
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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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The greatest service that can be offered to children who show personality traits or inclinations that might not be understood by the adults around them is to allow them to express their own unique humanity.
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I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!
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My children went to Bethesda Elementary School. I wouldn't do anything to endanger the safety of Bethesda.
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Children are all foreigners.
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There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when he or she wants to get a part.
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I've only been in long-term relationships. I've never really dated myself.
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I miss the personalization that Vegas was - there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names.
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The first part of my career, how I was paying the bills was commercials. I was just doing tons of commercials.
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When there is no job related stress, you are more aware of your mate and children, if you are a parent.
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I couldn't have left my career as an actor on a better note than to have done a cameo in the Lost In Space movie. Doing this part is the highlight of my career. What a way to leave the profession!
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After I was 70, I realized that, 'Okay, I would like to have another 50 years, and I probably could.' But part of me is saying, 'Maybe I'm not going to have that much time.'
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The curve of imagination, the curve of brilliance and the curve of sanity are identical curves or at least similar curves... The more imagination a person has, why, the more intelligence, the more knowingness he has and the saner he's going to be.
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When we love somebody, we show it by doing something nice. So learn to serve: find a need and fulfill a need. Surprise people with a good deed they hadn't planned on. We have that opportunity at home, at school, and at church.
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Relationships with children come first.
