Cressida Cowell Quotes
Sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in, even against those you love, and that can be harder than you think.
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There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principles and moral values will we be guided and inspired?
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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If I could meet Quentin Tarantino, I don't know if I'd just ask him one question. I'd probably milk it into, like, 500 questions.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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I started writing 'The Lord of Opium' in 2008 and produced about 80 pages before disaster struck. Three eye operations nearly put an end to my career.
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What's so crazy is when you give interviews to reporters that don't really care too much for you, basically what they're going to do is write what they want to write and discredit you. They're going to write and say what they want to say, no matter what you tell them.
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Human nature and deliberate effort must unite, and then the reputation of the sage and the work of unifying all under Heaven are thereupon brought to completion.
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AppStudio is a native app builder that allows you to build the app and automatically deploy it on Android, iPhone, and Windows. It lets you design it once and then implement it anywhere.
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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.
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When it comes to cooking pasta, the first essential is to make sure you have a big enough pot: it needs room to roll in the water while cooking.
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Statement earrings and statement necklaces each deserve their own moment. I never wear the two together; it looks overdone.
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For self-driving cars in particular, there are lots of dimensions of this technology beyond just impact on labour. There is a massive potential improvement in public health.
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Don’t wait for God to break you. You can choose to be broken or you can wait for God to crush your pride.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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'Brahmotsavam' is a love story set in a family backdrop... It's all about relationships people have on different levels.
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Sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in, even against those you love, and that can be harder than you think.
