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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The fact of the matter is that instead of going around the world and haranguing countries for engaging with China, the West should be encouraging its own businesses to trade and invest in these regions.
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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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Most of western culture is a distortion of reality. But reality should be distorted; that is, imaginatively amended. The Buddhist acquiescence to nature is neither accurate about nature nor just to human potential.
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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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Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
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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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Magic touches people in the way great art does. It lets them see the world with new eyes.
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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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Well, I have tried to learn as much as possible from prior attempts.
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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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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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I never saw a purple cow,I never hope to see one;But I can tell you, anyhow,I'd rather see than be one!
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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
