G. Frank Lawlis Quotes
War is not pretty from any angle, and the most vulnerable organ in the body is the brain.
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
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You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.
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The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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My job is to help more people have jobs.
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Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.
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I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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If I manage to leave my bedroom and get to the gym, that makes me feel good about myself! For me, the most difficult part is getting out of bed, but once I'm out, I really enjoy playing sports.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.
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I have an existential crisis every time I walk into a bookshop, knowing that I'm not going to read all the books before I die.
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In Toronto and Los Angeles, too, there are a lot of Koreans - Koreatown, Korean markets. I feel like I'm at home and very comfortable.
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There were times when other people said I was on the short list, but as time passed and nothing happened, I didn’t expect the recognition would come because people who were familiar with my work were slowly dying off.
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Something pretty... that's just the surface. People worry so much about aging, but you look younger if you don't worry about it.
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War is not pretty from any angle, and the most vulnerable organ in the body is the brain.
