Suzanne Collins Quotes
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We left my birthplace, Brooklyn, New York, in 1939 when I was 13. I enjoyed the ethnic variety and the interesting students in my public school, P.S. 134. The kids in my neighborhood were only competitive in games, although unfriendly gangs tended to define the limits of our neighborhood.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.
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Little by little he came to recognize the difference between the spirits that agitated him, one from the enemy and one from God.
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The essence of architecture is form and space, and light is the essential element to the key to architectural design, probably more important than anything. Technology and materials are secondary.
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If you don't know much about the field, you're able to ask a set of questions that an expert would never ask, and that allows you a very different thought process and a fresh approach.
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I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
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I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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I love the smell of Burger King when I ride past, but sometimes I have to avoid it.
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The series of photographic operations, developing, washing, final drying, takes about quarter of an hour.
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I am passionate about acting. 'Girls in our family are not allowed to act' is quite an outdated thought to have. They did it till my mother, but now no more.
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India needs to sustain its high growth rate.
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There will never be a replacement for that ongoing physical contact. But I don't think blogging is meant to replace the face-to-face of friendships and meetings. Blogging is a way to keep in touch with a larger group of people on an ongoing basis, in a more efficient way.
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I won't say I am a strict mother, but discipline is important. Timing and routine are important for kids.
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You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.
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I really have learned to live in the moment. I don't question things too much or try to project into the future. That's how life should be.
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One thing most people would agree is that climate change would add further uncertainties to our already quite tight water supply situation in China.
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Procreative power & priesthood power are shared by husband & wife.
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I knew that I tend to always gravitate to the indie side of things.
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Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.
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I wanted to write about the things that I love.
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When I was growing up, there was a man who gave me lessons and things. I'm very dyslexic so he used to give me extra reading and writing. And he always knew that I was interested in stuff but he never told me that he was in the Second World War himself. One day he gave me his helmet that he had worn through the North Africa Campaign. It was just before he died. So I've got his helmet. That was pretty special to me.
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Destroying things is much easier than making them.
