Susan Holloway Scott Quotes
I'm such a history-nerd that, with time for research, I could probably enjoy writing in just about any time period.
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and are not for others to steal or unlawfully distribute.
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The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
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The New Deal was going to redistribute the national income according to ideals of social and economic justice.
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I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
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I get my gossip from 'Nashville' on ABC.
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I started in live television and I've done a lot of live TV and that's really the thing that I love best. I love flying by the seat of my pants.
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I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'
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Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence.
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I feel like I ask people who have been in the industry for a while a lot of questions.
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I love home. I'll stay up there for days on end, I won't even go down the driveway to look for the mail.
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The guns are turning away from Europe and Russia and Iran and Iraq and they're turning to us.
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It is only by the amplification of titles that you can often touch and satisfy the imagination of nations; and that is an element which Governments must not despise.
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I come from a family that loves to eat, not exercise. Being fat made even walking hard.
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I think people, unfortunately, do live in constant fear.
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It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it!
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When a business group tells us there is nothing wrong with the environment, naturally they may have good arguments, but we are also sceptical, because we know that they have an interest in these things.
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If things go wrong and you hit a dead end-as you will-it's just life's way of saying it's time to change course.
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Once upon a time, I was a workaholic clocking more than 80 hours per week. That changed after I began to write. I now work only around 35 hours per week. I do not work on weekends because these are the days that I use for research as well as for my writing.
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Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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I'm such a history-nerd that, with time for research, I could probably enjoy writing in just about any time period.
