Mal Peet Quotes
Although I now spend most of my time writing novels for teenagers and adults, 'readaloudability' is still a criterion I try to adhere to.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter has become an industry norm.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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One of my favorite things about what I do for a living is that there is no certainty that, at any hour of any day, I could get a phone call that could change everything. Good or bad. I never know.
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Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
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The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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I never hand in a book until it's completed. Richard Jackson then reads it and asks me to clarify murky points. We work very well together. He knows how hard to push, and I know how hard to push back. He's the only person who can criticize my work without me throwing a hissy fit.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds.
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What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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More and more what we're licensing, we're licensing on a global basis - even though the studios aren't orchestrated to sell that way yet, my bet is that they will.
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In 1958, I was a delegate to the Atoms for Peace conference in Geneva.
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No child's dream should be limited by the quality, or lack thereof, of the education they receive.
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Many do not understand how precarious Western civilization is and what a joy it is. From it, we get real democracy. From it, we get the sort of intellectual tolerance that allows me to propound something that may be completely alien to you.
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I'm a working actor, and that's what I always wanted.
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Although I now spend most of my time writing novels for teenagers and adults, 'readaloudability' is still a criterion I try to adhere to.
