Rick Riordan Quotes
I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope I get the chance to keep being one of the people that writes them.
Quotes to Explore
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People must be protected from prejudice against their person. But people cannot be protected from prejudice against their ideas - because otherwise we're all done.
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If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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I'm used to packing up and leaving, to condensing myself into a digestible version because people don't have much time to get to know me.
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You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.
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Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
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I never get tired of performing to people who want to hear me. Hell, that's my handshake to the world. I'm doing just what I've wanted to do since that day I was 15 and heard Lenny Breau play the guitar.
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My feeling is, having lived in different classes, that people want equality of opportunity... that's the thing that makes me despair: the idea that people aren't given equality of opportunity.
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Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.
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Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.
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I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.
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The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.
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I crack jokes all the time. Even when I have a fight, I will make a joke, and people will laugh.
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I’ve really noticed over the last few years how many people are turning towards eating vegetarian or vegan. … Everyone’s realizing that these things are delicious and good for you. And I think it’s an indication of how we’re becoming more conscious of what we do to our bodies by what we put into them and what we do to the planet.
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It's fun to play the type of people you dislike.
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Since January 2003, at the height of the debate on the possible unilateral strike against Iraq, I have advocated for a reinstatement of the military draft to ensure a more equitable representation of people making sacrifices in wars in which the United States is engaged.
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The percentage of people that go to drama college in the U.K. is probably just like anywhere in the world. It's a very hard business to work in. They say that, at any one time, there's only 5% of actors in the world that are actually working and getting paid, which is a shocking percentage, really.
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I don't understand the lack of respect for amazing players when people say they are not good enough for me.
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The world is a slightly better place for having improvisation in it than it was before. There's something about it that says something positive about the human spirit, that a bunch of people can get together and by following a few simple traffic rules can create art and can entertain an audience and can thrill and exalt each other.
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I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D.
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Why do we weep in grief,' the aunt wondered. 'Dogs, deer, birds sufferent with dry eyes and in silence. The dumb suffering of animals. Probably a survival technique.
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In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas...
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Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised.
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I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope I get the chance to keep being one of the people that writes them.
