Gail Carson Levine Quotes
I didn't want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister.
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I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.
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Matching shoes and bags immediately age you by 10 years.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.
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If I can help and influence girls who are going through body-image issues then I think that's amazing.
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I'm not strict on my calorie count; I just pay attention to my body.
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We're traditional and don't do cutting-edge styles, but after 17 years we're holding our own.
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For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.
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I try to stay as naive as possible so I'm not as aware as much of the risks.
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What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
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Before the 20th century, the ulcer was not a respectable disease. Doctors would say, 'You're under a lot of stress.' Nineteenth-century Europe and America had all these crazy health spas and quack treatments.
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I've pretty much behaved like a knucklehead my entire life.
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Usually, historical revelations come from days of legwork, ploughing through piles of letters and papers in archives or even private homes, looking for the telling phrase or letter that someone else has missed.
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Son, give 'em a good show, and always travel first class.
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I was quite short and chubby until I was 14, when I shot up.
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The idea that we are not going to look after the Great Barrier Reef, which is just a wonderful tourism resource that it can be just for one example - we are not going to look after it, we won't have tight environment regulation, is frankly just not true.
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That's one of my real goals is to keep theater in my life.
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Jon Jones, grow up, bud. We're going to fight regardless of how you feel. And when we do, and I'm cutting the line, and you might as well pull the guard because I'm taking you down.
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Breitbart media is named after the same gentleman who basically framed Shirley Sherrod during the Obama administration.
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I'm a middle child, which is probably why I chose to be an actress. I needed the attention. I've got one older sister and a younger brother.
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I didn't want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister.
