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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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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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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I'm waiting for them to come up with a 'Star Trek' thing so they can beam me from my house to the gigs and back.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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When I portrayed Shiridi Sai, I changed as a person.
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Smart development invests in insulation, efficient cars, and ever-renewed sources of energy. Dumb growth crashes around looking for more oil.
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Existence is not itself a good thing, that we should spend a lifetime securing its necessaries: a life spent, however victoriously, in securing the necessaries of life is no more than an elaborate furnishing and decoration of apartments for the reception of a guest who is never to come. Our business here is not to live, but to live happily.
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Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and roll, a bit of Elvis. That's it, really - I'm not a musician, I'm not a singer.
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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.
