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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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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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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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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When you have this many losses, you don't have a following.
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Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill.
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My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh.
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I commanded an Army unit, and I placed the highest priority on a commander's authority to lead, manage, and discipline the men and women under his or her command within the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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I have never had a man give me money. I've always been the provider. I have always been the one who went out and earned, and I've never felt unequal in that way.
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I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown.
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On Quora, you're not answering questions because you want to get points or because you have nothing else to do.
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My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally.
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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.
