Tamora Pierce Quotes
With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating.
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If there is noise against you, then you try to make it seem it is for you. You just have to try to focus on your own game and try and win the match whatever way you can.
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For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
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I had many, many mentors that I worked with. Music teachers, choir directors, directors in summer stock or in regional theater. You know, people I was able to work with repeatedly and learn from who were really sort of appropriate people for me to work with at a given time in my development as an actor.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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Ending Iran's nuclear threat and bringing it into the international community of law-abiding nations is one of the most pressing U.S. foreign policy objectives.
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I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.
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I will tell you with 100 percent confidence, Jon Jones is not deep in my head. The fact he actually thinks that, it makes me smile every day.
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It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.
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At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
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I wasn't pampered the way a Tyrone Power was.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually.
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My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources - your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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Modern political speechwriting is certainly a skill, and one that requires experience and practice to master.
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I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.
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If you date a musician, you're never, ever really gonna be first either. You're gonna be right behind the music and maybe right close.
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The abuse of books kills science. Believing that we know what we have read, we believe that we can dispense with learning it.
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With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.
