C. Terry Warner Quotes
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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I'm not sensitive, I'm not a weepy person.
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When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
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There is an important idea in psychology: The 'just world theory,' which says that it is very important for us to convince ourselves that the world is just and things happen for a reason. That there is some elemental fairness in everything, which creates the illusion of justice.
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I try to widen the horizons of every child I meet, and part of that is promoting diverse forms, be it graphic novels, stories told in a narrative voice, or more translated books, as well as more diverse writers and more diverse characters.
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Every day is a new experience and I take it as it comes.
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With a young-adult series, you need to get a lot of books out on the market quickly. Teenagers aren't going to wait years and years for the next book.
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I like to support local record stores.
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I love playing the vamp, and I get sent out for a lot of that stuff, maybe because I do it well.
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I'm not a very good lover. I'm so nervous about my sexuality.
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We in Illinois are very fortunate to have a number of historic structures that have added immeasurably to the cultural life of the state, to the tourism industry of the state which by the way is our number one industry.
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It's the old American Double Standard, ya know: Say one thing, do somethin' different. And of course this country is founded on the double standard, that's our history! We were founded on a very basic double standard: This country was founded by slave owners who wanted to be free.
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The only subversive mind is the one that questions the obligation to exist; all the others, the anarchist at the top of the list, compromise with the established order.
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I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.
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Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose.
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He said, "Hi, gorgeous," which I think is nice. I admire honesty.
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Show not what has been done, but what can be. How beautiful the world would be if there were a procedure for moving through labyrinths.
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I'm not disappointed that I didn't get the record. I am very tired.
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There is a direct relationship between self-discipline and self-esteem.
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The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem is high. If you are losing and you try to be tough, you're asking for dissension.
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Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it.
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I've had many students over the years, sometimes even very sophisticated students, who will be writing and will hit a wall. Often I find it's because they're working out of sequence. Maybe some people can do that, but I don't think that's how fiction works. It's a discovery.
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Did I love what I was doing, or did I love myself in doing it?
