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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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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The magic of creation has always fascinated me.
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Surely no one can be sure he has visited Cienega; people say to themselves, do they not: 'Was it a vision; or have I, some time or other, seen dusk in a valley like this?'
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Whether you know Jack Ryan or you don't know Jack Ryan, he's a compelling person to spend time with.
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Students who learn to collaborate and negotiate - on Capitol Hill, in the board room, in everyday life - will outperform peers who have higher test scores.
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We have at least 125 communities in Arizona at risk from wildfire, not because of review processes or litigation delays but because of a lack of federal funding on the ground to actually begin the projects.
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I'm a comic, so I like to stay nocturnal. I work 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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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.
