Linda Sue Park Quotes
I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time.
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I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
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I've always really liked the rhythm element of songs.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.
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There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I'm interested in ideas that can shake us all up.
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If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult.
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I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.
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We live in a globalising world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other. Whatever we do or refrain from doing affects the lives of people who live in places we'll never visit.
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I know that there's people that have expectations of me, and I'm a people pleaser, so I want them to be happy.
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I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.
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Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.
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There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.
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No connection to the average voter - Clinton has an air of superiority. Despite her wide smile and pleasant appearance, she is envisioned as someone who is trying to hide something all the time.
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My normal cycle for movies is eighteen months and each part is separate.
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My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly.
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I remember Tom Stoppard saying to me when I came out, 'I feel so sorry for you, because you'll never have children.' These days I would say, 'Well, why not, Tom?'
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I want to make music, I want to act, I want to sing, I want to do something that doesn't make my skin erupt.
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I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor.
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The restaurant business is something that you have to treat like a baby. You have to constantly be there. You can't trust it to anybody else, because no one's going to love it like you do.
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Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.
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I'm hard-pressed to think of companies that don't need venture capital that are going after big opportunities. I think, in almost all cases, if they're going after big opportunities, they are going to need to raise quite a bit of money.
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I really like clever men who challenge you.
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I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time.
