Lois Lowry Quotes
When I create characters, I create a world to inhabit and they begin to feel very real for me. I don't belong in a psych ward, I don't think, but they become very real, like my own family, and then I have to say goodbye, close the door, and work on other things.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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With my victory, I must always remember that I glorify God.
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If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.
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It's been tough for me being away from the game.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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You don't win as a party unless you become a bigger party.
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I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn't poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do.
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It's so fascinating to think about how each snowflake is completely individual - there are millions and millions of them, but each one is so unique.
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The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
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As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.
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I just wanted to be like J.Lo when I started. The last thing I want to be is a model-slash-actress. But I love actress-slash-musicians.
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Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.
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I have a huge passion for animals and while retirement is a long way off, when I do I would love to do something with animals.
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We all hope for breakthrough rebirth moments.
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I think a good MP is someone who cares for their community and becomes their champion, which is why I will make my home in any seat I am lucky enough to be selected for. Looks play no part in the equation, what matters is your ideas and connecting them to the electorate.
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When the Bond films started, people didn't travel quite as much as they do now; a lot of people had never been outside of their own country, and certainly sitting in the cinema and seeing these exotic locations - I mean, that movie did great things for India, for tourism. They were very wise to allow us to film there.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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Our aim may be as high as the endless sky, but we should have a resolve in our minds to walk ahead, hand-in-hand for victory will be ours.
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When I create characters, I create a world to inhabit and they begin to feel very real for me. I don't belong in a psych ward, I don't think, but they become very real, like my own family, and then I have to say goodbye, close the door, and work on other things.
