S. E. Hinton Quotes
I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect of yourself.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It's more important to be part of a process by rolling up your sleeves, being on the ground, initiating projects, starting campaigns - you know, building stuff.
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I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an orphanage, you know, was the number one story for a week in the world. To me, that says more about our inability to focus on the real problems.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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I've always had an addictive nature.
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The left-brainer and the economist in me says watch what people do, not what they say.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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If one man is representing India in cricket, then yes, blame that person when things go wrong.
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The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.
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To talk about planning an economic system is to talk in old terms, and I find myself sometimes having to teach Westers about what the market really means.
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What I love about 'Midnight Train' is that it's a song about a journey, but the music actually takes you on that journey. It feels like you're moving through the whole song.
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I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.
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I don't steer towards anything. I steer towards character and truth. If it's funny then so be it. If it's dramatic, so be it. I just steer towards characters.
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A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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I always used to pretend to be different characters - cowboys, that sort of thing. I used to think that the Indians lived over the mountains that I could see out of my bedroom. As I grew up, I started to understand that acting was actually a craft, and there was no question about it, that was exactly what I was going to do.
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The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken lightly.
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And as far as doing God's work, I think the bankers who took government money and then gave out obscene bonuses are the same self-interested sorts Jesus threw out of the temple.
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I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect of yourself.
