Ally Carter Quotes
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
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I don't really think about what's 'age appropriate' for my audience because I think they can handle quite a bit, but I do try to think about what's honest and true to my characters who have grown up in situations where they've been taught to handle these things very carefully and that they're very powerful.
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And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.
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There's an unintended consequence when it comes to drone attacks in Yemen. Yeah, you take out the al-Qaida stronghold, but you also wipe out the other half of the block. That makes Yemenis against the United States for the rest of their lives and all their descendants.
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
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I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing.
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I don't really have a type. I don't want to be a cliche. But personality is a big thing for me. You can find cute guys all over. But he's got to have some sort of sense of humor, which is so hard to find in a guy. He's got to be a bit smart.
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I love children. I just don't know if I'm ready to have kids. I feel like I have more time. Kids are cute, you know? They need a lot of help - that's the thing.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.
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It's all because of my parents that I am gifted with such good looks and people get attracted to me. I have built an image in the industry, and because of that, I have so many female fans. I want to build my male fan following, too.
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I'm a Sufi Muslim, I would say. I believe in using the medium to create a good vibration because art is so important to society. Some projects I don't do because I feel that it's going to create a bad vibe. I don't do propaganda films that are anti another religion, anti-Muslim or anti-Hindu.
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Although I have lived in Manhattan since 1992, for the better part of two decades I have remained in blissful oblivion of all matters sportif.
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Maintaining boundaries is hard. That's why I strongly prefer the physical separation of work and home.
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The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line.
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I won't say I am a strict mother, but discipline is important. Timing and routine are important for kids.
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I have done all the work myself, not assistants. That's why I'm in a wheelchair: I've been doing it physically - it's hard labour - throughout my life.
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Germany, Italy and France appear to possess less dynamism than do the U.S. and the others.
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People say, 'What if your name was Niki Smith?' Well, if Niki Smith lived the life I've lived, it would have great bearing.
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I think twerking is overrated.
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If I hadn't have been good enough at football, I'd have been a sports journalist - which is what I do now anyway. Or a cricketer. I might have been a cricketer.
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But it will be a new test of his coaching skills. . . . He has to find a way to turn around an underachieving team.
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Learn her skills, honor her sword, and keep her secrets.
