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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Latin America seemed to be a land where there were only dictators, revolutionaries, catastrophes. Now we know that Latin America can produce also artists, musicians, painters, thinkers, and novelists.
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You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.
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I think, when I'm 73, I'm going to be getting softer, writing Hallmark cards, losing my teeth.
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I really have to pace myself. I work about 75 hours a week.
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You could fire a grapefruit out of a cannon over the best law schools in the country - and that includes Chicago - and not hit an originalist.
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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.'
