E. Merrill Root Quotes
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
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Afrikaans culture is very right-wing and conservative, very proper, and you get this hidden underbelly, the zef side of Afrikaans which no one knows about.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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My mother is the sort of woman who not only can raise a chicken and roast it to moist perfection but, as she proved to my openmouthed sister and me on a family holiday to Morocco when we were very young, can barter for one in a market, kill it, pluck it, and then cook it to perfection.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.
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It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can still take the responsibility for being a scribe of your tribe.
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When I dance, I forget everything else and just feel completely happy.
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When you're in a soap, it's fantastic, and I'm really grateful for the fans who watch you and support you. For me, it was the best experience because I was able to act every day and work with so many different directors and get some great storylines and learn on-screen.
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Plan B is really a little garage band of three people, and our mandate has been to help get difficult material, that might not otherwise get made, to the screen and to work with directors we respect.
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I love discordancy. It makes people ill at ease and wakes up a part of their brain that's normally asleep.
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Man is happy only as he finds work worth doing - and does it well
