Morris Gleitzman Quotes
Don't sit back and wait for God to do it all. Ask for His advice, but be prepared to do the hard yards yourself.
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Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.
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In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.
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As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
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When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference.
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If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
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New York City has an integration problem.
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There might well have been an Irish great-great-grandfather of mine back then in the 1800s.
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Power can shape 'truth,' but not forever.
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A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes.
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I got to play with Nintendo's Wii, yes it's a funny name and not very revolutionary but it was fun whipping your arms around.
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I don't mind playing my music live. It's fun. But what my real passion is is writing music.
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I brought samples in, because I didn't have any comic book samples, and I brought all these illustrations that I had influenced by Norman Rockwell and a couple of the other big boys. That's all I had, that's all I brought.
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I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.
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When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result.
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You have to study the people and the ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.
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Ah wonder if anybody this side of the Atlantic has ever bought a baseball bat with playing baseball in mind.
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I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'
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You can't be distracted by the noise of misinformation.
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Keed, I'll give you a little bit of advice. Don't believe anything they write about you, good or bad. Two, get the dough while the getting is good, but don't break your heart trying to get it. And don't pick up too many checks!
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I'm not a person who would get up at 5 A.M. to write, but I could sacrifice my Friday night and just order in dinner, sit at home and get into it.
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Time in nature is not leisure time; it's an essential investment in our chidlren's health (and also, by the way, in our own).
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Marines have a cynical approach to war. They believe in three things; liberty, payday and that when two Marines are together in a fight, one is being wasted. Being a minority group militarily, they are proud and sensitive in their dealings with other military organizations. A Marine's concept of a perfect battle is to have other Marines on the right and left flanks, Marine aircraft overhead and Marine artillery and naval gunfire backing them up.
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Don't sit back and wait for God to do it all. Ask for His advice, but be prepared to do the hard yards yourself.
