Malorie Blackman Quotes
Teenagers are some of the most passionate, dynamic and creative people I know. Yet, too often, this creative spark is left to flicker precariously and sometimes fade entirely.

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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
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I am getting to that age where I am too old to play the boy next door and too young to play Uncle Fester.
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This was just one of many times God has spared me.
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I think there's no greater healing power than music.
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During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.
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I smoke, isn't that terrible?
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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The effect of sanctions on the Russian economy are clear to everybody, first to the Russians and to the Russian leadership, and the surroundings of the Russian leadership, the circle that is close to the Russian political leadership.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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People used to play with toys. Now the toys play with them.
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I didn't want people to know that I was an artist. I was ashamed. I thought artists were weird, crazy people, you know. So I always kind of hid the fact that I was an artist.
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I meet people overseas that know five languages - that the only language I'm comfortable in is English.
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When I'm standing in a stadium packed with 80,000 screaming fans, I can't just whip out my Bible before I run. That's when I start praying! It's so loud that I can't even hear what I'm saying, but it always helps.
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Teenagers are some of the most passionate, dynamic and creative people I know. Yet, too often, this creative spark is left to flicker precariously and sometimes fade entirely.