Lois Lowry Quotes
I majored in English in college, so I read the classic dystopian novels like '1984' and 'Brave New World.'
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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Being evil is easy.
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I love science fiction when it's well-done. I don't like campy stuff. I don't like stuff that's too fantastical.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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I love anything to do with history.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it's all in your head?
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Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.
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I was a very creative child. I played the saxophone and piano, and I was always writing poetry and stories, or drawing in my notebook. I just tried to express myself through as many creative outlets as possible. And in high school, I started to get really into photography and videography and would spend hours working on it.
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I can't run a company... I can't even run my own life!
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We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter has become an industry norm.
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What strange circumstances, or what odd combination of many circumstances, must occur, I wondered, to make it possible for a man to step from one world to another.
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The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all.
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I majored in English in college, so I read the classic dystopian novels like '1984' and 'Brave New World.'
