Louis Sachar Quotes
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If you will be the best that you can be right where you are, God will promote you and give you more.
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When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.
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On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.
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When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11.
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So I have this ability, if I may say so, to spot talent.
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I grew up playing hockey and some football, and I always think about the first time you walk into the locker room on a new team. The cliques are looking at you funny, and you make one friend, but then they're trying to stab you in the back.
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I would never say somebody had to vote for anybody. That would be terrible. I haven't said that.
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I literally left school and went straight into music via art college for a year, and I've been so involved in my job of writing songs that the more actively involved part became channeled into standing on the stage and saying things that way.
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Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.
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I never responded to teaching.
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We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense.
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Lack of time and money create really bad green practices.
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A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.
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If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all.
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As it defines itself, every society defines other societies. That definition almost always takes the form of a condemnation: the 'other' is the barbarian.
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In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer.
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I'd rather see a writer write 15 minutes a day than save it all up for a Saturday. A work gets a coating on it when it's not been worked on for a while, makes it hard to break back in.
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Imagining and visualising the situation prepares you for any challenge.
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Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.
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