Ed Balls Quotes
We have come to the edge of the abyss and now it is time for a bold step forward. There is a political view that the tougher you are, the more credible you are.
Quotes to Explore
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collaborate with them. And it just didn't work.
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember.
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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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There is a saying: 'The child is parent to the adult', which means whatever happens to you as a child or teenager affects the adult you become. You are forged in your history. And fiction is an incredibly important force in shaping children, and that's why fiction needs to be diverse.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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Air power will not defeat ISIS. It has not been able to deny ISIS freedom of maneuver and the ability to attack at will.
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I enjoy lifting weights, but I hate doing cardio.
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High school teachers who want to get reluctant readers turned around need to give the students some say in the reading list. Make it collaborative: The students will feel ownership, and everyone will dig in.
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In soaps, people come back from the dead all the time, to the point where death is just a bus stop.
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All bronzes are made to be touched. Bronze is a sensual 'living' material. The sweat and oil of your palms adds to the patination.
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We have come to the edge of the abyss and now it is time for a bold step forward. There is a political view that the tougher you are, the more credible you are.
