Anthony Horowitz Quotes
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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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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.
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We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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The kids can see that there are more parts to me than just being their mom; I wear a couple of different hats and have other roles to play.
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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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My father is actually a quarry man - he deals in stone. He also at one point had a lot of sheep, he owned a sheep farm, but primarily the family business was in stone.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
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I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.
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I was the Head Boy of East High School in 1999. I represent 303 - the area code, not the band - Mile High, until I die. I'm 31, a comedian; I juggle, but I don't glove it. I think waxed mustaches run a very thin line between hipster and 1800s barkeep.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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We've seen the power of the PC, and we've seen that it's unstoppable.
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I write music, really, to make myself feel better.
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Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.
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All religions must be made child-proof. Our teachers' unions have done good work in this field, K through 12. Delaying first communions and bar mitzvahs until age 21 would be another positive step.
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The generation of Isaiah did not require the detailed description; his account, 'I saw the Lord,' &c., sufficed. The generation of the Babylonian exile wanted to learn all the details. ...Isaiah was so familiar with it that he did not consider it necessary to communicate it to others as a new thing, especially as it was well known to the intelligent.
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I'm ever-changing and always evolving, always trying new things.
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I'm not happy unless I have a pen in my hand, it's really that simple.
