Patricia Reilly Giff Quotes
What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.'
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I'm not willing to commit American taxpayers' money anymore or American troops on the ground in another Middle Eastern country.
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.
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'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
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I have never had the ambition to be famous for nothing. You have to do something with your life.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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If there really is a God, then he really looks after me.
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No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
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You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
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I mean I like most of the films that I've seen that I've been in.
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It's so comforting to have a small piece of cake. Just one slice.
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All my family were brilliant cooks when I was growing up, but I ended up just cleaning up, so I've always lacked confidence in the kitchen.
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There's something about these steps [in Oval Office] and thinking about everybody who's walked here and all the business that's been done here.
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Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.
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What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.'
