Louis Sachar Quotes
I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White. His stories were genuinely funny, thought provoking and full of irony and charm. He didn't condescend to his readers, which was why I liked his books, and why I wasn't a big reader of other children's' books.
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Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.
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I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
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People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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I think for the last fifteen, twenty years or so, Hollywood has underestimated the appeal of the Western. I think there is still a huge market.
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My original name was Juaquin, and my cousin couldn't pronounce my name right. So he'd just be saying 'Waka! Waka!' So when I was younger, I used to always laugh, then my man Gucci gave me the rest of the name.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
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Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.
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Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.
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On my way here I passed a local cinema and it turns out you were expecting me after all, for the billboards read: The Mummy Returns.
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We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.
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I'm an actor... I do a job and I go home. Why are you interested in me? You don't ask a truck driver about his job.
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Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.
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We would only need a bespoke solution for Northern Ireland if Britain leaves the Single Market.
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I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White. His stories were genuinely funny, thought provoking and full of irony and charm. He didn't condescend to his readers, which was why I liked his books, and why I wasn't a big reader of other children's' books.
