Anthony Horowitz Quotes
Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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In America, music is more tightly categorized.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts.
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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.
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Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.
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I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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My dad said, 'Stay humble, and you gotta work harder than everybody else.' My mom said, 'Always be yourself.' She always told me only God can judge me.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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We speak glibly of conservation education, but what do we mean by it? If we mean indoctrination, then let us be reminded that it is just as easy to indoctrinate with fallacies as with facts. If we mean to teach the capacity for independent judgement, then I am appalled by the magnitude of the task.
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Where was I?""A different island," said old Tallow. Her voice was stern, but there was an ache in her look that Omakayas had never before seen. "An island called Spirit Island where everyone but you died of the itching sickness- you were the toughest one, the littlest one, and you survived them all.""You were sent here so you could save the others," she said. "Because you'd had the sickness, you were strong enough to nurse them through it. They did a good thing when they took you in, and you saved them for their good act. Now the circle that began when I found you is complete.
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If we want parents to be discerning about what children are watching then we need to put stuff in there for them to watch, too.
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I don't take myself terribly seriously. It's why I can be incredibly honest about my life.
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Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.
