Cressida Cowell Quotes
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As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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I love wrestling, but to wrestle just one style for the rest of my life seems like it would really hold me down creatively.
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I read a lot of poetry, and I love what it does with language. I love music, too, and I think there's probably no coincidence there, that the rhythm of the words is almost as important as the words themselves, and when you can get the two working together, which usually takes me about 20 goes, I feel a huge satisfaction.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.
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Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
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I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.
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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
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People who really try to be conscious of what they have done, who take responsibility, to me these kinds of people are heroes.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
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At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.
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Having a son is not all pleasure.
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I feel that one of the hardest things in acting is the way you need to switch your emotions.
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If I go to Singapore, I have friends there. If they came to Zambia, they'd feel the same way. I've made connections, and I have friends in many, many countries.
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Wimbledon 2014 will be my last slam. To be honest, I am already starting to miss professional tennis, having played at the highest level for two decades. It is what has given me my identity, and I will miss every bit of the action. The thought that I will not be playing anymore is daunting.
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Here at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, we have genetically rearranged various viruses and bacteria as part of our medical research. In fact, we have been able to create entirely new types of DNA molecules by splicing together the genetic information from different organisms - recombinant DNA.
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Honestly, happy. This happened for a reason. By having to answer that question in front of a national audience, God was testing my character and faith. I'm glad I stayed true to myself.
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I don't want to steal anybody's story. I very much want to use the stories that I hear to get lost in my mind, to tell a larger story.
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Let me make a short, opening, blanket comment. There are no 'good guns'. There are no 'bad guns'. Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody - except bad people.
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Surely, just because SOME Magic is bad, it doesn't mean that ALL Magic is bad?
