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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Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.
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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 notion that those of us that are pro-life because we love children - is that so terrible? Really? Is that so terrible?
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Spina bifida affects every single aspect of your life, from your child's self-esteem to your ability to sleep at night.
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Apart from hard work and being in the right projects, you need to re-invent yourself. I'd be bored doing the same thing over and over, and the audience wouldn't like it, too. The trick is to break that monotony.
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You hear the word, and believe it in theory, while you deny it in practice. I say to you, that 'you deceive yourselves'.
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My biggest bits of advice are, write as much as you can, finish what you start, get a thick skin, don't take crap from anyone, but also live your life and have fun. The stereotype of a writer holed up alone all day is really unhelpful. You can't write real people and real emotion if you don't let yourself experience them.
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Relationships with children come first.
