Lois Lowry Quotes
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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I'm not much of a jokester.
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At 93, so deep in dementia that she didn't remember any details of her life, my mother somehow still knew songs.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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I have a great office.
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The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.
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For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends.
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Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.
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I remember when I first came to Liverpool, Pepe Reina helped with everything, and he made it easy for me. When I was Atletico Madrid captain, I tried to help everyone. These are the basics in football: you need to create an atmosphere and try to create a group of friends. It's not easy, and it doesn't always happen, but you have to try.
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If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when most women are being phased out.
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Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward.
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I can hardly understand the Australian accent.
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Sometimes films have no rehearsals - you don't have real rehearsals on the set because the day is so dominated by the schedule.
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Every action needs to be prompted by a motive. To know and to will are two operations of the human mind. Discerning, judging, deliberating are acts of the human mind.
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I don't want my dad to say, 'My daughter is an actress on a TV show.' I want him to say, 'My daughter cares about people.' I would love to know that I'm a role model in Hollywood.
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A burnt dog dreads the fire.
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My mind is always on whatever next project I'm working on.
