Linda Sue Park Quotes
I used to sit home with my computer and write. After the Newbery, I probably spend more than half my time on the road.
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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
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The niqab, for some, has become an antiestablishment symbol around which one can rally and relish in the opportunities for confrontation that it provides.
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What I hope to do in the States is to break up this stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs. I mean, we are basically the only sub-culture that is not represented in Hollywood. And it's funny because everybody is talking about the Muslim world and the Arab world, and we are not represented.
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I've always wanted to be Batman, but I don't naturally tend towards Batman. I tend towards Robin, but I did get to play Superman.
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I'm still learning my craft.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.
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How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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I moved to New York when I was 21 and worked between 40 and 70 hours a week. Then I invested it all. It was really just a hustle. But I was kind of raised to work like that, so to me, it seemed very normal and natural.
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Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.
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To people who traditionally charge $10,000 for a 3D animating app, we say you should be free-to-play and generate a revenue stream. Think of a 3D modeling package almost like an RPG.
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Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.
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I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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You can hear some artists, hear five of their albums and still have no idea who they are. But if you've heard most of what I've recorded, you know me. You go from 'Honesty' to 'Going Through Hell' - you can listen to the hits, and they pretty much reflect who I am. 'Take a Back Road' is the same thing.
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The economic dependence of woman and her apparently indestructible illusion that marriage will release her from loneliness and work and worry are potent factors in immunizing her from common sense in dealing with men at work.
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God knows, we don't want prayer.
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You'll get nowhere buying stocks just because they have a great story.
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Put on your yarmulkahHere comes HannukahSo much funnukahTo celebrate Hannukah
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I used to sit home with my computer and write. After the Newbery, I probably spend more than half my time on the road.
