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 'Girls in our family are not allowed to act' is quite an outdated thought to have.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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Careers are like roller coasters. You go up, you go down, and you spin yourself around.
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What I ended up learning was that I had to do what I do well, and do it really well and say, 'Maybe there is no pop music that sounds like this now, but I can make it so maybe tomorrow what I like can be what everybody likes.'
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
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Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
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Destroying things is much easier than making them.
