Tansy Rayner Roberts Quotes
When I was thirteen years old, I didn't exactly discover epic fantasy on my own. I acquired it as a social defence mechanism.
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I have been surfing since I was six years old.
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The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.
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'I can't get no satisfaction,' in political terms, has haunted Hungarian politics for 20 years.
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It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
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I started submitting stories for publication when I was about 15, but it was many years before I sold anything. I don't make my living writing science fiction, so in that sense, I'm still not a pro.
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Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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I definitely feel more comfortable in my own skin since turning 40.
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My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.
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Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98. Unfortunately, those strides only register with the public once every four years.
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I think I've become more modest as the years have gone on.
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My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I've always grown up around theater.
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I want to be my own person.
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I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.
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The navigation of our inland waters has for years been sought in vain by foreign countries, and if we grant the privilege to Russia, other States will be guided in their demands by her example.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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The richer you are and the more financial advisers you employ, the less likelihood there is that you can ever discover what you are really worth.
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I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.
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I have been working since I was 20, and I'm 38. I actually once averaged out what I had made over my professional life. I think I could have made that much as a waiter or an insurance salesman. You know, I spent so many years in my 20's making $10,000 a year.
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Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.
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Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?
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I need to complete my homework on time.
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When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn't believe in.
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When I was thirteen years old, I didn't exactly discover epic fantasy on my own. I acquired it as a social defence mechanism.
