Lois Lowry Quotes
Often in the past, there have been authors that were deeply disappointed in their adaptation, but that's because they haven't accepted the fact that a movie is a different thing, and it can't possibly be the same as the book.
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People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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Everything's so accelerated now.
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With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like.
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I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.
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The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their process. We do not select. Navy officers select.
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Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!
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To be among the world's greatest athletes and compete for Team U.S.A. while knowing that the entire world is watching is something that athletes dream about. To be able to experience that was truly special.
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I've been training quite hard.
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Dating is kind of hard. Like dinner or something like that. Like a forced awkward situation is very strange. Especially for me, for some reason.
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All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
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You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.
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I like the challenge of dressing ladies in lots of different things.
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It's always scary when you're doing a sequel to a film, because you don't want to just repeat the first film in a different location like most sequels. You want to do something totally different, and something that actually expands the world of the main character.
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For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.
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I agree that a lot of mainstream corporate sold hip-hop is self-hating.
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I've been blessed in many ways, but none of the heights from football can ever compare to the depths you go through when you lose a child.
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Often in the past, there have been authors that were deeply disappointed in their adaptation, but that's because they haven't accepted the fact that a movie is a different thing, and it can't possibly be the same as the book.
