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 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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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 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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So many venues are owned by these various different ticketing and promoting people, and they're all in bed with one another. It's no secret over here.
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I've been racketeered on.
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Women should not be forced to accept sexual harassment as the price of admission to a life and career in the political world. They should not have to endure unwanted touching, innuendo, and propositioning from men in positions of power.
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In the digital age, it is easier than ever to publish false information, which is quickly shared and taken to be true - as we often see in emergency situations, when news is breaking in real time.
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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
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This country is not going to progress if we can't have decent civil conversations and be respectful to one another.
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Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.
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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.
