Malorie Blackman Quotes
What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.

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If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.
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I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.
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I'm always trying to do the impossible to please people. It comes from not being secure in myself and not looking at the things within I have to fix. Sometimes you keep going because you don't want to face the truth.
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If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher.
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Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.
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90%, 100% are going there to hear the singing. The story is another thing. Nobody's interested in the story. Happiness is happiness.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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When you are the invisible man to the head coach, the only option is to head for the exit.
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For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.
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How well you eat and rest helps you analyse your energy reserves.
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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If you're trying too hard to be the girl next door, you're not going to be.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
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I play guitar a bit. I'm trying to learn drums - I feel like I can play violin. I've never tried, but I just feel like I can.
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My whole musical life has been an educational process, and I'm just furthering my education and filling in the blanks. There's stuff that I want to know that I don't know.
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The main aim of the Palestinians is to destroy the state of Israel.
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When salvation is viewed as man's program, it is left up to man as to whether he will let God do this or that, but when it is viewed as God's program, there is a confidence and a certainty that no one whom God regenerates will be a carnal Christian.
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If what the science tells us about climate change is correct, then unabated it will result in catastrophic consequences for our world.
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What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.