Alan Garner Quotes
As far as the world was concerned, from 1979 to 1996, I didn't publish any original material; it just wasn't there.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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Futurists don't consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future.
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I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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We say that our objective is to conquer complete independence, to install a people's power, to construct a new society without exploitation, for the benefit of all those who feel themselves to be Mozambicans.
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Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.
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Ember Moon is extremely talented, and Daria, from Tough Enough, she's very unique and cool. The fans are going to get behind her. As for Asuka, she is phenomenal.
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I like the Kardashians. I watch 'em. When Kim got the botox in her face, and it made her face go weepy, that was funny. I also watch 'America's Next Top Model.' I've always been a big fan.
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I'm just abnormal. I'm a weird dude.
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If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.
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Here's the thing about me: I have a job to do and I do it.
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I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.
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I made the rules I figured I could be the one to break them. I thought I would write about xenophobia, a hatred of foreigners. After I stated writing the story there was not a foreigner to be had. I did not want to just stick one in there so I could get a title out of it since it seemed like cheating. I never figured out how I could get out of this dilemma so I just called it X and weaved X traits into the story.
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Could the activity of thinking as such, the habit of examining whatever happens to come to pass or to attract attention, regardless of results and specific content, could this activity be among the conditions that make men abstain from evil-doing?
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Good acting comes from finding the essence of a character.
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As far as the world was concerned, from 1979 to 1996, I didn't publish any original material; it just wasn't there.
