Andrew Clements Quotes
Part of being a fiction writer is being able to imagine how someone else is thinking and feeling. I think I've always been good at that.
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High-energy collisions have led to the observation of many hundreds of new hadronic particle states. These new particles, which are generally unstable, appear to be just as fundamental as the neutron and the proton.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I have accumulated so many experiences, so much, that I want to be able to realize so many things. This is why I have basically given up most of my positions.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.
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It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need for compromise. There is no such thing as a perfect shot, a perfect film. The purpose of film is not to make a monument to oneself.
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
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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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The whole concept of witches was that women were speaking up for themselves and fighting for their rights. The whole concept of witchcraft came into play to hold down women and women's empowerment.
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I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to.
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I love being called NTR's grandson. I never moved away from his shadow, maybe because I didn't try enough or maybe because I like it this way.
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Governors normally have jurisdiction over public health emergencies, but a widespread biological attack would cross state boundaries.
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In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
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Sports without music, it's nothing but a game. Music adds the emotion.
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When I analyse myself and my reactions or behaviour, there is the act and the actor. There is a division between the two and that creates conflict between 'what is' and 'what should be'.
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Kindness is the only charm permitted to the aged; it is the coquetry of white hairs.
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The first three years was our honeymoon period. Then you settle into the relationship, and it morphs into just living, breathing. It becomes more comfortable, but it becomes a necessity - something you can't give up, like an addict.
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Part of being a fiction writer is being able to imagine how someone else is thinking and feeling. I think I've always been good at that.
