Lloyd Alexander Quotes
'That’s another thing about emperors-and regents,' Gareth said. 'They aren’t very fond of changes, even if the changes are for the better.'
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I remember reading the cruelest, most awful thing about my hair online. A person speculated about who I was as a person and even read into my personal life based solely off my hairstyle. He or she said I must be lazy because I have short hair. It was just devastating.
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If you're powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside.
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I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
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When I'm performing, I'm not even thinking about the song. I'm thinking about the audience.
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All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.
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I've never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion.
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I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.
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For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
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Women need to know that not all guys are going to hurt them the way that the guy did before they started dating me. I know guys I wouldn't go out with.
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In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system.
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Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.
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I collect fantasy swords, replicas from films, and have them displayed on the wall as you go up the stairs.
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Hamish is worried about ending up like my parents, who each spend time in their two homes in Bundanoon and Sydney. But that's how their marriage has lasted.
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I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.
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When thou was a player, I didn't expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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Knowing was better than not knowing. But not by much.
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Unfortunately there is nothing more inane than an Easter carol. It is a religious perversion of the activity of Spring in our blood.
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Did you see the speed of the ball or not?
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The Doobie Brothers' 'What a Fool Believes' makes me want to move. And I still haven't gotten over the Macarena. Who has?
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I think One Direction are the biggest band in the world, their songs are great,
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My parents always encouraged us to get an education and establish a profession. However, my brothers and I grew up with considerable freedom, whether it was saving or spending our tips from the restaurant or our career choices.
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I really like structured coats and layered scarves, and I especially love cashmere sweaters.
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It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea of what we are and who we are as people in the cinema, and that kind of stuff keeps dragging us back down.
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'That’s another thing about emperors-and regents,' Gareth said. 'They aren’t very fond of changes, even if the changes are for the better.'
