Angie Thomas Quotes
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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Human attention is limited, and a massive number of newly browsable books from the long tail necessarily compete with the biggest best-sellers, just as cable siphons audience from the major networks, and just as the Web pulls viewers from TV.
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I think if you are young and you have children, you still have so much to prove. When you have children later in life, you lose a bit of that urge for working.
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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
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I tell people all the time, 'Don't give up.' We get almost to our blessing, whether you believe spiritually in God or in a good force and an evil force. We get almost to our blessing, and we quit. Don't stop.
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I'm a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice. But at the same time, I appreciate and respect other people's decisions to eat meat. The only thing that I hope is that people are educated, that they're aware, that they're living a conscious lifestyle.
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It has an air about it of having strolled in from the street with a few tricks up its sleeve, and if everybody would relax, please, it would do its best to pass the time whimsically.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.
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Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.
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The events in the square, of course, made a deep impression on me and many other parents.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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But now that I'm cartooning full-time, I'm more of an observer. I'm talking to people who are experiencing these things. But it's not like being in the trenches.
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
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Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
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I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple.
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No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.
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There will never come a time when you don't have to practice...
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Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards! This is your life and mine! I've spent a whole lifetime building this and as long as I'm in charge, nobody is going to knock it down.
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We at BMW do not build cars as consumer objects, just to drive from A to B. We build mobile works of art.
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I am definitely romantic, and I love romantic stories - that's why I keep making romantic movies.
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Art is activism.
