Gary D. Schmidt Quotes
Creativity is a god who comes around only when he pleases, and it isn't very often. But when he does come around, he sits at my desk and folds his wings and I offer him whatever he wants.
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I loved the world of imagination.
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My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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At the end of the day, don't forget that you're a person, don't forget you're a mother, don't forget you're a wife, don't forget you're a daughter.
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Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
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There's a smartphone gait: the slow sidewalk weave that comes from being lost in conversation rather than looking where you're going.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.
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I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan.
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People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
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That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way.
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I want to work on things that aren't self-evident, to propose things that are radically different and game-changing.
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Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it.
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My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.
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I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio - I've fallen asleep to 'This American Life' more times than I can count!
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I'm gonna drop fitty. I'm gonna drop fitty pounds. How many quarter-pounders with cheeses is that? I'm gonna drop 200 quarter-pounder with cheeses.
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But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everything goes well, there are people coming behind the stone, saying, 'Oh, my God, he's back finally, and I was there to help him out'.
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I'm still trying to find the perfect Nirvana song that's an example of that, but you do hear a lot of their songs start with an extremely emotional death grunts.
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Most of these people who are celebrities now don't do anything to deserve it, so by that fact alone, I don't want to be one.
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O seeker! Rely on nothing until you want nothing.
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Creativity is a god who comes around only when he pleases, and it isn't very often. But when he does come around, he sits at my desk and folds his wings and I offer him whatever he wants.
