Lauren Oliver Quotes
With 'Delirium,' I had to spend time thinking about the political, social and religious structure of a different world. But it was a fun challenge.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I feel that marrying younger and being quite a young dad helped me with the stability of my career.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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Somebody said they threw their copy of Dungeons and Dragons into the fire, and it screamed. It's a game! The magic spells in it are as real as the gold. Try retiring on that stuff.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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I'm an honest, open father.
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No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.
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You can't watch 'Daredevil' or 'Jessica Jones' or the Marvel films and not be aware that the villain has to be awesome. I've always wanted to have more space. And the scope, morally, is more broad for the villain than the hero.
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I have changed the style of functioning of the government and administration and managed to change the perception.
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No matter how I struggle and strive, I'll never get out of this world alive.
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First of all, you want umpires to call what they see. In the case of fair or foul, the smartest thing is to call the ball fair. Because if it's called foul and ruled fair, where do we put the runners?
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The President is an elected king, but the fact that he is elected has proved to be of far less significance in the course of political evolution than the fact that he is pragmatically a king. … Kings have often been selected this way in European history, and the Roman Emperor was regularly chosen by election.
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The best part about living in New York is that you are able to play with different people in different styles in the same week. It's really part of who I am as a musical person. I try to incorporate everything that I encounter.
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With 'Delirium,' I had to spend time thinking about the political, social and religious structure of a different world. But it was a fun challenge.
