Cressida Cowell Quotes
“She’s a queen and a mother and it’s a mother’s job to be scary,” said Wish. “Well she’s very successful at her job,” shivered Bodkin.
Quotes to Explore
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The world is always in movement.
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I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
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You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - 'Avatar,' I'm looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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In some ways, technology keeps on enhancing us, and we embrace it.
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I loved the DOS games, Super Nintendo. And I have a very addictive personality, so I recognize now that I just can't engage in that kind of stuff because I'll never stop. So I no longer play any games.
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It's still amazing, but when I was growing up, Harlem was the Mecca of black culture. I was so inspired by it, the aspirational feeling you'd get spending time there. Experiences that were really specific to that place.
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My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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That's the one regret I have in all the years that I've played professional sports, that I didn't win a championship in the N.F.L. And that's why you play on any level of team sports: you want to win a championship as part of a team.
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If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.
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It wasn't easy getting 'GoodFellas' started.
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I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.
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Everyone has this perception that the bloggers, they say horrible things about you and they hide behind their computers where you can't see them.
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I swear on everything holy I do not know what's on the Internet about me.
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I think San Francisco is the best place in the whole world for an easy life.
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Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.
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This is one Hart that you will not leave in San Francisco.
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I'm never happy with my face, my hair, I haven't really got any boobs and I'm not really that tall.
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I have another aspect of my career where I'm a scholar of Yiddish and Hebrew literature, and I'll say that when you study Yiddish literature, you know a whole lot about forgotten writers. Most of the books on my shelves were literally saved from the garbage. I am sort of very aware of what it means to be a forgotten artist in that sense.
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Music is the soundtrack to life. It plays the melody of our being.
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Acting is a tough industry. There are a lot of kids out there at drama schools and not a lot of money about, especially as the arts are being cut.
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People really like the fact that I've worked at their job. It gives them a good feeling that I've experienced, even for a few hours, what they do on the job.
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“She’s a queen and a mother and it’s a mother’s job to be scary,” said Wish. “Well she’s very successful at her job,” shivered Bodkin.
