Andrea Brown Quotes
The best children's book writers are not people who have kids, but people who write from the child within themselves.
Quotes to Explore
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To allot God a secondary place in life was, to me, inconceivable. Though He is the sole Owner of the cosmos, silently showering us with gifts from life to life, one thing yet remains which He does not own, and which each human heart is empowered to withhold or bestow - man's love.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
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When you read about the best places to work, it's never about salary; it's about catered lunches, the daycare - it's the cool stuff that matters.
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I freakin' hate Twitter, man. I honestly don't understand the purpose of it.
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I like to act with people that know what they're doing.
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I got married quite early. And then I had a son. I had a family. And this may be hard to believe, but I am a complete family kinda girl.
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Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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I was born in India - but never really lived there.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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I would like to do something that pushes me as an actress to make me better. I would love to do something dramatic or crazy. I think that would be so much fun.
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You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don't have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition.
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When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by one set of rules, and everyone else lives by a very different set.
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I love a nice cooking show. It's as aesthetically pleasing as any other thing that tempts the senses, I suppose.
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The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far, his hematocrit will fall.
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Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.
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If my life had to be a song I would name it, 'Live every day like its your best day ever', because it pretty much is.
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Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect.
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The best children's book writers are not people who have kids, but people who write from the child within themselves.
