Malorie Blackman Quotes
A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently.
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This gold medal, to me, is a very good outcome from the many years I've spent on my professional career.
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.
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With this film, 'Need For Speed,' with this, we had a blank canvas to work with. What we had to do was have fast cars, and that's it.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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I don't eat red meat.
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Zoroastrians believe in one Great Almighty Spirit of Good who is in combat against evil forces, and Goodness prevails in the end. There is no self-flagellation or staring at the sun or snake-handling.
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Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.
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I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling.
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Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.
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I moved to New York - I attended NYU, did a BFA in Acting at NYU. I was really into hip-hop, so I started battling, like '8 Mile.' I used to rap battle.
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Employers have gone away from the idea that an employee is a long-term asset to the company, someone to be nurtured and developed, to a new notion that they are disposable.
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When I first turned elite in gymnastics, when I was 14, that's when I really became more inspired than ever. I just always kept that in the back of my mind, and always thought about making the 2012 team.
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Other than our love our labor is one of the most sacred gifts we can give. When your labor is your love, life is sacred. Love what you do or change.
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People en masse have always been wonderful to me. I truly have a great love for an audience...I want to give them two hours of just pow.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
