Lloyd Alexander Quotes
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The want of money is the root of all evil.
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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This is my journey. If I fall, I have to pick myself up. If I'm not getting the playing time I want, it's up to me to figure out why.
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
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Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.
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Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.
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If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
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One of the things I do well - I think, anyway - is combining different tones.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil.
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They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with. They're very lively, as I think people can tell. And you know, they're very confident girls.
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My music sounds different because the techniques are archaic, seeing as most people only record digitally.
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The thing with films is that you have to make something that will get people out of their houses, away from the TV set. You must touch people, say something. Otherwise, they'll stay at home.
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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
