Quentin Blake Quotes
A lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France.
Quotes to Explore
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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Americans think Soviets are so grim. I want them to see that they can smile.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I would love to be a role model.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I'm happy that all my films are different from one another.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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The rebuilding of Iraq has been terrible.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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I have a theory that there are still parts of our mental worlds that are still based around the age of between five and eight, and we just kind of pretend to be grown-up.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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I recently saw The Last American Virgin, one of those early-'80s coming-of-age movies. And the actors, they look like kids you grew up with! Today's teen movies, I didn't know anybody who looked like that. The standards now are so unbelievably high.
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When I was at home, I felt loved and safe. My sisters were always a safe haven for me. I knew they would always play with me and make me feel like I was one of them.
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The interiorization of the technology of the phonetic alphabet translates man from the magical world of the ear to the neutral visual world. (p. 21)
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I talk to women's groups all over the country and see women struggling with this. The fear of not being accepted, of being different, of not having a man, all make it hard for a woman to do what she really believes is right for her.
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I always liked it when people go back in time to discover things about themselves, like with 'A Christmas Carol' and you're getting a tour of your life by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
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A lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France.
