Carolyn Keene (Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson) Quotes
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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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I'm not closing the door on my solo career, but with 5th Story, if the public demand is there, then I'll continue to work with the band. If not, we'll all go our separate ways again.
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People - I hate to use the word 'fans' - are very respectful. It's not like I'm some pop idol or big movie star. I'm very approachable, and I love the people who enjoy me, because they react like they've run into a friend. Usually, it's like, 'Hey, Wanda! How ya' doing?'
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Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion.
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Perhaps I'm temperamentally driven to see things from the point of view of the attacked rather than the attacker.
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Every time I sit down to write, I need to commit to a word count goal, otherwise I waste too much time editing and re-editing my previous work, staring dreamily off into space, pretending that I'm thinking profound, poetic thoughts when really I'm just thinking, 'Look at me being a writer! I'm so happy I'm a writer!'
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Heart's always been sort of like a cockroach. You can set off a bomb, and it'll still be alive underneath.
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The human spirit and what it can go through... that's pretty inspiring.
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When we think of misdirection, we think of something as looking off to the side when, actually, the things right in front of us are often the hardest to see: the things that you look at every day that you're blinded to.
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I generally feel like people that are doing the wardrobe know more about wardrobe than I do, and they have an overview.
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I would say that there's definitely some advantages with me being able to talk shop with some of the effects people. Because I come from a post-production world, I can speak shorthand with them. I don't think many other actors can say that and know how the process 100% works.
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There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with.
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The importance of the House is... far more important than my future.
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Everything seems simpler from a distance.
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It's going to be hard. But I think that when we are in tough environments, it helps us focus more and it helps us concentrate. We're looking forward to it. We are playing with a lot of confidence right now and we believe in each other more than ever.
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Little of beauty has America given the world save the rude grandeur God himself stamped on her bosom; the human spirit in this new world has expressed itself in vigor and ingenuity rather than in beauty.
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If liberty with law is fire on the hearth, liberty without law is fire on the floor.
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Maybe it's just, I've always been to the less traveled places, in any topic, whether it's history, I always like to just choose the most obscure topic. And I don't know why I have that impulse. I can't really explain it but I've been doing that since I was a little kid.
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The modern version of Buridan's ass a figurative description of a man of indecision has a Ph.D., but no time to grow up as he is undecided between making a Leonardo da Vinci in the test tube or planting a Coca Cola sign on Mars.
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Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.
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I'll use any excuse to buy a new backpack.
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What’s in your backpack, Bess?” Nancy Drew asked
