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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I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.
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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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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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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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Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat houses.
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I don't feel any pressure to joke about #MeToo - in fact, I'd say you shouldn't, because it's a great movement that is exposing some really awful behavior and hopefully changing the culture.
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What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a footballer and racing driver, like all kids.
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The evidence shows that religious people - defined by regular attendance at a place of worship - actually do make better neighbors.
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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.
