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.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
  • Myself
  • Like
  • Others

• I've always really liked the rhythm element of songs.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Always
  • Really
  • Rhythm

• I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.

  

  Malcolm McDowell
  • Always
  • Thought
  • Genuine

• 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.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • People
  • Real
  • Past

• We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.

  

  Eddie Obeng
  • Thinking
  • Future
  • Year

• 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.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • Up
  • Music
  • Done

• 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.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Great
  • Mind
  • Words

• I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.

  

  Eric Lynn Wright
  • People
  • Good
  • Think

• 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.

  

  Zygmunt Bauman
  • People
  • World
  • Live

• I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.

  

  T. J. Perkins
  • Up
  • Think
  • Growing

• Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.

  

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
  • Children
  • Sometimes
  • Forget

• 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.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • Way
  • Happiness
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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.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Time
  • Trying
  • She

• My normal cycle for movies is eighteen months and each part is separate.

  

  M. Night Shyamalan
  • Movies
  • Normal
  • Eighteen

• My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly.

  

  Victoria Woodhull
  • Love
  • Free
  • Practice

• 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?'

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Children
  • Why
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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.

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • Music
  • Want
  • Act

• I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor.

  

  Jack Kingston
  • Live
  • Child
  • Ethiopia

• I started singing backgrounds for Mary Mary and Usher during 'Confessions.' Then I jumped to working with Anthony Hamilton, Jill Scott; jumped again to Kanye West, The Killers. I kept saying, 'OK, this is the last time; then I get to do my music.'

  

  BJ the Chicago Kid
  • Time
  • Music
  • Singing

• I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Up
  • Think
  • Growing

• I think I have experience in rowing, and that has given me some ability to go about racing. I'm lucky genetically. I have a good VO2 max - I can hold a lot of air in my lungs - and that definitely helps.

  

  Bryan Volpenhein
  • Good
  • Experience
  • Air

• William Hartnell was one of the finest character actors of our time, and as a fan, I want to make sure that I do him justice.

  

  David Bradley
  • Time
  • Character
  • Justice

• I used to fly around quite a bit, you know? I took a lot of unnecessary chances on the highways. And I started racing, and now I drive on the highways, I'm extra cautious because no one knows what they're doing half the time. You don't know what this guy is going to do or that one.

  

  James Dean
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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.

  

  Linda Sue Park
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