Emily Rodda Quotes
In ancient days, Deltora was divided into seven tribes. The tribesfought on their borders but otherwise stayed in their own place. Each had a gem from deep within the Earth, a talisman with special powers.
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I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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The new Disney cartoon 'Bambi' is interesting because it's the first one that's been entirely unpleasant.
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North Korea is probably the only country in the world deliberately kept out of the Internet.
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I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes.
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If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.
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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.
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The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it.
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He was a great man. He taught himself how to walk again, to write with his left hand. My father was a hero.
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I managed to take a family trip to the Bahamas and it was quite lovely.
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I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town.
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I really enjoy working in genre series, because you really have to create the characters.
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What fascinated me, it was not the glory, but the contact with the public.
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Vitia erunt donec homines
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Whoso taketh in hand to govern a multitude, either by way of liberty or principality, and cannot assure himself of those persons that are enemies to that enterprise, doth frame a state of short perseverance.
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And don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and space, because that's exactly how much difference there is.
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Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.
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While in the West, the insane are so many that they are put in an asylum, in China the insane are so unusual that we worship them, as anybody who has a knowledge of Chinese literature will testify.
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On this global stage, Superman is someone that we can all look up to and he's almost kind of ultimately American.
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This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.
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God walking on the earth is more important than man walking on the moon.
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In ancient days, Deltora was divided into seven tribes. The tribesfought on their borders but otherwise stayed in their own place. Each had a gem from deep within the Earth, a talisman with special powers.
