Cressida Cowell Quotes
However small we are, we should always fight for what we believe to be right. And I don't mean fight with the power of our fists or the power of our swords. That has always been the problem with us Vikings. I mean the power of our brains and our thoughts and our dreams.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly dragged back toward the senses by the life currents.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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There is no way to peace; peace is the way.
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I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'
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I usually have two or three books on the go at the same time. If I'm in different moods, I want to read different things.
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I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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It's always a wake-up call to get beaten.
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I like 'Rocky Horror.'
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For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake.
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There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.
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Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.
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That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So, the person is still there, but one could almost say that something more powerful shines through the person.
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Everyone's projecting onto you, or you feel like everyone is judging you. I feel like I'm being judged a lot of the time. You become really self-conscious.
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There was a time when I was offered two episodes of 'Alias,' that show with Jennifer Garner which J.J. Abrams did back before he became the mega producer and super successful director. I instead decided I wanted to play this family guy on a short-lived UPN 'Second Time Around.' It starred Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker.
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The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.
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You have the ability and gifts to do whatever you want". It is your turn now to change the world. Yes we can!
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My God, must I always wear a low-cut dress to be important?
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What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.
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The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
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However small we are, we should always fight for what we believe to be right. And I don't mean fight with the power of our fists or the power of our swords. That has always been the problem with us Vikings. I mean the power of our brains and our thoughts and our dreams.
