Cressida Cowell Quotes
“Wodensfang, you're paranoid," said Hiccup, yawning. "It's only paranoia," whispered the Wodensfang, "if things aren't out to get you...
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When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.
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Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.
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Moments later he punched her unconscious. No, he didn't, don't send us letters.
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Theres so many fish in the sea That only rise up in the sweat and smoke like mercury
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A protected bicycle lane in the city in a developing country is a powerful symbol, showing that a citizen on the $30 bicycle is as important as one in a $30,000 car.
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The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
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I know now that what countries do at summits has the power to help girls in Pakistan, Nigeria or Afghanistan.
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A little mordida, here. A little mordida, there.
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I've never been the kind of guy to hype myself up. It's just not my thing.
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My father would sit and design furniture and cabinets - he was a carpenter and cabinet maker - and I would ask for my own piece of paper and pencil. And when I would say, 'What should I draw?' he would push a cartoon under my nose and say, 'Here, draw this.' So the cartoon became a kind of focus of attention.
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I am a true believer that a record should not be a bunch of songs that sound exactly the same.
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When I retired in 1994, I was never tempted to drop down the divisions to carry on playing. In fact, I never kicked a ball again, not even in a charity match.
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The music in Haiti is all tied up in voodoo and African rhythm, and so there's this funny thing: go to a voodoo ceremony, and then go to a Catholic church and tell me which music you liked better, to which one the music is more integral.
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I believe in the value of paranoia. Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction. The more successful you are, the more people want a chunk of your business and then another chunk and then another until there is nothing left.
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I develop my work in a time that, from my point of view, is much more # romantic than the present day
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Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.
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'Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.
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What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.
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I had the feeling that some horrible image was just beyond the field of vision, moving, as I turned my head, so that I never quite saw it.
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There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.
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“Wodensfang, you're paranoid," said Hiccup, yawning. "It's only paranoia," whispered the Wodensfang, "if things aren't out to get you...
