Adam Gidwitz Quotes
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I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.
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I just write what I think is funny. I don't care who watches it.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to battle the evil in others by helping their higher selves gain control of their lower selves.
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In general, I'm rubbish in heels. I love them, and I own a lot because it's like being in a sweet shop: they're pretty. But I'm not good in them. I don't walk nicely in heels.
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When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts.
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I'm interested in ways that digital interfaces can be utilized as powerful narrative devices, and to engage people in new and exciting ways.
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Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
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I don't know that my schooling was conducive to wild ideas and creativity, but it gave me discipline, drive. They taught me how to think. I really know how to think.
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Let's be honest, the physical attracts me first. Then if you get to know the man's mind and soul and heart, that's icing on the cake.
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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
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If I could drink only one wine, it would be Champagne.
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In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
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Every character has their reasons - even the characters who do dumb things.
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Our entire franchise has done everything in its power to put all of our players and its coaching staff in the best possible position to execute when it counts. And to deliver to the highly supportive fans of Cleveland a proud, intense, impassioned, all-out drive to achieve a championship.
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Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
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Wearing makeup is an apology for our actual faces.
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Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
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The empty highway behind looked like a stretching rubber band.
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Off with your hat, as the flag goes by! And let the heart have its say; you're man enough for a tear in your eye that you will not wipe away.
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Today, nostalgia is almost as unacceptable as racism.
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Maybe I've been wanting the wrong things.
