Lisa Kleypas Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		Before I write the first page of a novel, I spend a long time creating detailed backgrounds for my characters. I imagine the experiences that have formed them, what makes them happy, angry, fearful, and what they yearn for.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lisa Kleypas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. H. Davies 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A mate of mine told me recently, 'It's the first time I've seen you work, Worthington.' I thought that was quite funny, but he was right. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Worthington 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Supreme Court is having a hard time integrating schools. What chance do I have to integrate audiences? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nat King Cole 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Web forces me to be disciplined and not to waste time – but before the Web was invented, there were plenty of opportunities to do that anyway. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fareed Zakaria 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I'm auditioning for something, if it's not me, I really hope the part doesn't go to me. You know what I mean? I don't want to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. If it's me, wonderful. If it's not me, there's space for all of us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Keller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love spending time with my family and friends during the holidays, and my favorite holiday tradition would be the pozole that my mom makes almost every Christmas. It's the best! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Becky G 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I'm always happy and most at home on the stage. I love film and television, but I love live performance... your immediacy with the audience, it makes all the difference in the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tamara Tunie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's one of the few regrets of my presidency - that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. There's no doubt a president with the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide, and I guarantee I'll keep trying to be better so long as I hold this office. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was watching TV and saw people with masks, weapons, and grenades. I thought, Is that really possible? Could we be here yet again? And go into civil war one more time? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nadine Labaki 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The future is keeping you out of the present time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Van Morrison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Look, I'm in love. I'm very happy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Craig 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think you kind of hope for people to gush over movies, but I think the opposite way is great sometimes, too. I'd rather have a movie that you're angry about and that you're talking about the next day, than something you forget about when the popcorn goes into the trash. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabriel Mann