Lloyd Alexander Quotes
'I don't even know who I am.''In a way,' answered Gwydion, 'that is something we must all discover for ourselves.'
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In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
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There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.
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The investigation into the possible effects of cosmic rays on living organisms will also offer great interest.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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Coming from where I came from, I was born naked with no teeth. Now I have everything.
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I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.
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Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.
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Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.
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Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.
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The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are.
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There are no original ideas. There are only original people.
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In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was propaganda. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once to Channel One.
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I don't want to be a pretty boy.
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You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.
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The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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I'm tired now of the elections.
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My God, these folks don't know how to love - that's why they love so easily.
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We all have mental models: the lens through which we see the world that drive our responses to everything we experience. Being aware of your mental models is key to being objective.
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A man would know the end he goes to, but he cannot know it if he does not turn, and return to his beginning, and hold that beginning in his being. If he would not be a stick whirled and whelmed in the stream, he must be the stream itself, all of it, from its spring to its sinking in the sea.
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Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.
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It has always been cited as an irrepressible symptom of America's vitality that her people, in fair times and foul, believe in themselves and their institutions.
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'I don't even know who I am.''In a way,' answered Gwydion, 'that is something we must all discover for ourselves.'
