Ally Carter Quotes
But in the end she merely shrugged, knowing at the very least it would be interesting. Knowing, in her gut, it might just be the beginning.
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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I'm interested in morality and mortality, and 'Deadpool' kind of has all of these themes.
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I watched 'Rocky' and 'Raging Bull' and 'Taxi Driver' over and over again. They spoke to you, man.
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My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together.
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I am part of a team organising an Emma Hamilton exhibition for the National Maritime Museum for 2016, and the amount of planning is a revelation - borrowing from museums and collections all over the world.
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There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
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The concept of emergent gameplay is really exciting. That's when players are really crafting their own experience. So if you're clever and creative, you can do things that even developers of the game didn't know were possible.
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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
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A thing that happens to migrants is that they lose many of the traditional things which root identity, which root the self.
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Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.
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Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
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I'm always honored, but I think for every 100 of those that come along, one of them is actually going to happen. And, the fact that this was an offer on a major film that had a start date, was pretty impressive.
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'Egalitarians' who complain about inequality view the wealth of the wealthiest as bad in itself: it disfigures society. They would enact a wealth tax to extirpate the offending wealth.
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The worst thing about being on the road is all you want to do when you get home is to stay home, but as soon as you get back, all the wife wants to do is go out because she's been stuck home all the time you've been stuck on the road.
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When desire dies, fear is born.
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A good ground rule for writing in any genre is, start with a form, then undermine its confidence in itself. Ask what it's afraid of, what it's trying to hide - then write that.
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I want to raise a family and have a couple of small Dirks running around. But it will not be easy to win my heart.
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Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them.
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On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.
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The third-down sacks are critical ones, 'cause that's getting off the field.
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But in the end she merely shrugged, knowing at the very least it would be interesting. Knowing, in her gut, it might just be the beginning.
