Maggie Stiefvater Quotes
The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps.
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North Korea is not an undeveloped country; it is a country that has fallen out of the developed world.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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I like Baudelaire's sentences quite a lot. I read and re-read him very often.
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I don't study; I create.
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You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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I eat vegetarian a lot. I buy only fresh ingredients and cook from scratch - that way, when I feel like snacking and look in my fridge, it's: 'Oh, baby carrots or chocolate soy pudding. Take your pick.'
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I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.
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I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
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I played ping-pong with Prince. That's pretty surreal. He gave me a lesson before we played; like, he's great. He's a master at it, so I took the free lesson.
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One night I had a dream, and in that dream a big black man appeared to me and told me what to mix up for my hair. I made up my mind I would begin to sell it.
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Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.
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For a 6-foot-3 guy with no hair and a whiny voice, I've done all right.
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Oakland's got a lot of character.
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The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps.
