Matt Willis (Mattie Jay) Quotes
We think this is a good title for our first read because it has such a broad-based appeal. And because it was chosen as the 2001 best book for young adults by the American Library Association.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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As scary as it is, I like making real, direct eye contact with people from the stage. In a sense, it's like modeling: that feeling of locking in and projecting some kind of emotion to try to captivate people.
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Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.
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Dior Couture is like art - they are the art pieces of a fashion house. Each piece is unique and made by hand.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when most women are being phased out.
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It should be if you're a good singer and a good songwriter, you should have your spot. You get everybody trying to release the prettiest guy, but that doesn't mean they're the best artist. Most of the time the true artists are just normal old dudes.
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You teach your kids about your beliefs and tell them what you think is right and the conclusions that you've come to from living in the world, and then they can make their own decisions.
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I don't know much about football. I know what a goal is, which is surely the main thing about football.
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The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation.
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I'm pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story.
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I think it's a mistake to work on success in career. I've worked on my passions obsessively. How can I say what I want to say more precisely than the last time I said it? Success is such an elusive concept. When you work for it, I think you get it in a way you might regret it.
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It's getting worse under Prime Minister Modi. The economic miracle has failed, to a degree, and people are reaching back to a kind of imagined Hindu past for a feeling of pride. And that feeling of pride necessarily comes from denying any kind of Muslim heritage. People my age seem to be becoming illiberal in a way that I'm surprised by.
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The only way to become authentically powerful is to create authentic power. You cannot wish, want, or command authentic power into your life, although you can try.
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There are forms of art that I might not like to do myself, but I still have respect for the artists who create it.
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My parents never told me to get a real job. They always said, 'Go for it! If this is what you want to do, work hard.' They were always very supportive.
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The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.
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I am not a home breaker and I can never be. I haven't been brought up to create havoc in other people's homes.
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I think Madonna is a wonderful performer.
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I read that book 'Fat is a Feminist Issue', got a bit desperate halfway through and ate it.
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You learn in life that, you give everything that you possibly can. And when that's not enough, you learn to accept that.
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I have to get my will in order. I have to get the Macondo Foundation going. I want to invest the money and resources that I've gotten from working so hard so that it's shared and it has its life beyond me.
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We think this is a good title for our first read because it has such a broad-based appeal. And because it was chosen as the 2001 best book for young adults by the American Library Association.
