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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Food decisions - do I eat this or not? - are always going to be there.
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I recently read an article on how I was dropped from a film because I couldn't dance! It was so ridiculous that I decided to shut up about it. Let people say what they want to. It's such a waste of time.
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Our program for American GIs can be heard at 1630 hours.
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For $60, I once bought a neck massage at a 'massage parlor' that advertised in 'The Washington Post.'
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The words and lives of Christian men must be in continual process of reformation by the written Word of their God. This means that ecclesiastical traditions and private theological speculations may never be identified with the word which God speaks, but are to be classed among the words of men which the Word of God must reform.
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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.
