Lois Lowry Quotes
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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I wrote my first book when I was 15 years old. And my second book '1,2,3 Publish Me!' shows everyone how writing a book is done in just the three secret editing levels I discovered!
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A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
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Feeling passionate about something doesn't mean you have to be angry.
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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
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Twitter has become a group conversation of that type that used to take place on trading floors.
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Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.
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I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.
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I'm honored to be one of the guys that is seen as a leader of this great team - a team that has stood the test of time. AKA is one of the only teams that has been around since the beginning of the MMA explosion, and it's a huge honor for me to be named captain.
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There's nothing interesting about seeing our characters for an hour and a half do some flashy flying in the sky and beating up on some buildings. It's boring, and people don't want that anymore. They want character, and they want story.
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My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me confidence.
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The thing I always liked best about touring abroad was constantly running into different people, different cultures, different foods. It really pumped up my batteries... I'm constantly playing to a demographically diverse audience... one generation is driven by nostalgia, the next by curiosity. And that's why I have no plans to retire.
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I think there's a lot of people who are afraid to experiment with clothing because they're afraid to get judged or ridiculed.
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When I read 'Room,' I absolutely loved it, and I thought I knew how to make it.
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I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time.
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Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.
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People do things that turn out badly, often for the most benevolent of reasons.
