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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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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I grew up in South Africa, but like many people at that time, I couldn't bear living in the country. The main motivation for moving to Britain was to get away.
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I dance. I don't really do anything else.
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Whenever I was on the podium, it felt weird. I was obviously happy to have done well, but it wasn't truly happy from the bottom of my heart.
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My dad's family is part British and Austrian, and my mother's family is from Goa, which is in the south of India. I looked different from everyone else, which now is such a blessing. It was harder at the beginning of my career.
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Things were a lot simpler in Detroit. I didn't care about anything but boyfriends.
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The majority of them give the impression of being men who have been drafted into the job during a period of martial law and are only waiting for the end of the emergency to get back to a really congenial occupation such as slum demolition or debt collecting.
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Surely, just because SOME Magic is bad, it doesn't mean that ALL Magic is bad?
