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.

Emily Rodda

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• I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.

  

  Sam Walton
  • Always
  • System
  • Driven

• I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.

  

  Imran Khan
  • Think
  • Losing
  • Key

• 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.

  

  Lana Parrilla
  • Universe
  • Care
  • Revenge

• The new Disney cartoon 'Bambi' is interesting because it's the first one that's been entirely unpleasant.

  

  Manny Farber
  • Interesting
  • First
  • Disney

• North Korea is probably the only country in the world deliberately kept out of the Internet.

  

  Barbara Demick
  • World
  • Country
  • Internet

• 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.

  

  Yelawolf
  • Up
  • Music
  • She

• If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.

  

  Rachel Roy
  • Good
  • Great
  • Feeling

• I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Up
  • Home
  • Christian

• Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Give
  • Mother`s
  • Guidance

• The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it.

  

  Vaclav Havel
  • Alone
  • Literature
  • Often

• He was a great man. He taught himself how to walk again, to write with his left hand. My father was a hero.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Great
  • Father
  • Hand

• I managed to take a family trip to the Bahamas and it was quite lovely.

  

  Jackie Collins
  • Family
  • Lovely
  • Bahamas

• I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town.

  

  H. G. Bissinger
  • Life
  • Small
  • Texas

• I really enjoy working in genre series, because you really have to create the characters.

  

  J. August Richards
  • You
  • Enjoy
  • Working

• What fascinated me, it was not the glory, but the contact with the public.

  

  Jacky Ickx
  • Me
  • Public
  • Glory

• Vitia erunt donec homines

  

  Tacitus

• 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.

  

  Walter Raleigh
  • Hand
  • Perseverance

• 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.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Space

• The Church has never changed its teaching on the sanctity of human life - it didn't make up a rule for the convenience of a particular time like a rule at a country club as the Governor would have us believe.

  

  Wellington Mara
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• Juanes is one of the legendary, iconic Colombian artists. Growing up in Colombia, you can't really not have him on your radar. His songs are everywhere, and there's a statue of him. He's pretty big for Latin America, and for Colombia especially.

  

  Kali Uchis
  • Up
  • America
  • Pretty

• The Beatles may be more popular than Jesus but heavy cats like Chairman Mao, Uncle Ho, and beautiful long-haired Che Guevara are more popular than The Beatles.

  

  Abbie Hoffman
  • Long
  • May
  • Beautiful

• In show business you learn to let it slide off your back. You know, fuck 'em. Otherwise you'd kill yourself.

  

  John Updike
  • Business

• The subject matter ranges from subtle forms of intellectual sarcasm and humor to the crudest possible attacks on a person's courage, sexual prowess, or relatives. At one level, attacks may be subtle and indirect, involving allusion and figurative speech; at another, there may be explicit taunts, boasts, name calling, and jokes at the other's expense.

  

  David Crystal
  • May
  • Courage

• 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.

  

  Emily Rodda
  • Earth
  • Special
  • Ancient