Cressida Cowell Quotes
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The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
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I enjoy shopping and going on holiday.
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I don't see divorce as a failure. I see it as the end to a story. In a story, everything has an end and a beginning.
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Los Cabos has been an amalgam of many cultures that have been coming here. There have been beautiful Jesuit missions for example, in many places around this area. The towns are incredible. But there is a very strong Mexicanized culture here that exists because people from different parts of Mexico have come to live here.
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
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It is so expensive to take care of my hair and keep it looking like I was born with it, when my real hair is the color of rat fur.
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I firmly believe caretaking the soul is incredibly important for happiness.
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I am a big music nerd.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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I am passionate about acting. 'Girls in our family are not allowed to act' is quite an outdated thought to have. They did it till my mother, but now no more.
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India needs to sustain its high growth rate.
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Even the 'Negro' shows like 'Amos and Andy' and 'Beulah' are written largely by white writers - the better to preserve the stereotypes, I imagine.
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I won't say I am a strict mother, but discipline is important. Timing and routine are important for kids.
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You must always watch when David Lynch makes anything.
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All I do is watch dance videos. I love Ricky Ubeda, who is a contemporary dancer, and I also love Madison Cubbage. They inspire me to work harder every day.
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I'm young but I'm not stupid.
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You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.
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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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Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs.
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The world of tomorrow belongs to the person who has the vision for today.
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Forgiving is all; forgetting is another thing.
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He is not necessarily the best teacher who performs the most labour; makes his pupils work the hardest, and bustle the most. A hundred cents of copper, though they make more clatter and fill more space, have only a tenth of the value of one gold eagle.
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You might as well enjoy the day - you never know when and how painfully it could all end.
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However bad things seem to be, they can always get worse!
