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.
Garry Kasparov -
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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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
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Children find prescriptive reading lists daunting, and they are a dangerous thing to have in schools.
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I think it would be so much fun to be in the White House.
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It's not polite to refuse to dress for a parly. It's an insult to your hostess. After all, correct dress is a part of good manners.
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Acting is a very important thing for me, and I love doing it. But when I'm acting, I spend 14 hours a day and months a time being someone else. When I'm singing, I just get to be me.
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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
