Angie Thomas Quotes

I think, as a writer, sometimes you do worry, 'Am I just writing, or am I putting the burden of African-Americans on my shoulder and carrying it?' But if we just write the stories that we're supposed to write, that's when we have the biggest impact.

Angie Thomas

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• Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.

  

  Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
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• There's layers to our stuff: Our top layer is like candy-coated pop, because we want to party and have a nice time, but we also have a lot of different human experiences and other levels present in the Die Antwoord experience.

  

  Watkin Tudor Jones
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• The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.

  

  Victor Hugo
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• I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.

  

  Natalie Dormer
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• A plan is always successful if the plan is good.

  

  Zig Ziglar
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• The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.

  

  Walter Russell Mead
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• All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.

  

  Said Nursi
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• You just have to go to bat and take a swing. And if you're not right for a part, or it goes to a British man, they may remember that you showed up, knew your lines and were good. And maybe they'll call you in for something else.

  

  Tanya Fischer
  • Up
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• The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Age
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• Luckily, I have been offered the chance to play a South American, Hispanic and even a character from the Middle East in films. There are also a lot of TV series in the U.S. that have a strong presence of actors from India.

  

  Madhur Mittal
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• Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.

  

  Caity Lotz
  • Work
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• I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.

  

  Halle Berry
  • Hate
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• Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.

  

  Gavin Hood
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• When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Think
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• I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.

  

  Victoria Aveyard
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• Islam, or any religion, will become totalitarian if it is made into an ideology, because that is the nature of ideologies.

  

  Abdolkarim Soroush
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• If you are vigilant and make a stern effort to reject every thought when it rises, you will soon find that you are going deeper and deeper into your own inner self, where there is no need for your effort to reject the thoughts.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
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• Everybody told me that if I insisted on doing rockabilly music, I'd never have a chance of selling any records. In fact, I lost count of how many people told me to ditch it all together, in favour, I guess, of sounding like everybody else.

  

  Imelda May
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• Wealth is just consistency... I don't want to be rich. I want to be wealthy.

  

  Quavo Migos
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  • Wealth
  • Consistency

• Well, you know, we've got a lot of stimulus in the economy already from the tax cut, from the lowered interest rates, and also from the refinancing of mortgages.

  

  Franklin Raines

• The people like the American Legion Post that gave us a chance to play. A place to play and a chance to play.

  

  Dave Winfield
  • People
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• The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self-dependence must give each individual the right, to choose his own surroundings.

  

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Soul

• I think, as a writer, sometimes you do worry, 'Am I just writing, or am I putting the burden of African-Americans on my shoulder and carrying it?' But if we just write the stories that we're supposed to write, that's when we have the biggest impact.

  

  Angie Thomas
  • Writing
  • Worry