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.Tansy Rayner Roberts
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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.
Harold Ramis -
'I can't get no satisfaction,' in political terms, has haunted Hungarian politics for 20 years.
Viktor Orban -
It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
Eddie Cantor -
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.
Ted Chiang -
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.
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
D. B. Weiss -
I definitely feel more comfortable in my own skin since turning 40.
Kate Moss -
My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.
Larry Niven -
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.
Lamar Hunt -
I think I've become more modest as the years have gone on.
Ian Mckellen -
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.
Zendaya
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I want to be my own person.
Paris Jackson -
I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.
Quincy Jones -
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.
Zhang Zhidong -
After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
J. A. Konrath -
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.
Felix Dennis -
I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
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But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history.
Xavier Becerra -
I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy!
James Brown -
The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.
Rabindranath Tagore -
I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.
Ram Charan -
Use your own light and return to the source of light. This is called practicing eternity.
Lao Tzu -
When I was thirteen years old, I didn't exactly discover epic fantasy on my own. I acquired it as a social defence mechanism.
Tansy Rayner Roberts