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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When you're doing a different kind of film, you have to bring a different kind of attitude; you have to bring a different kind of concentration.
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I think what history has done to Jewish people, frankly, cannot be made good by giving them a piece of land.
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Funny songs aren't usually that good. Like Weird Al and maybe a couple of Beatles songs, but it's kind of hard to bring humor into rock music in an interesting way.
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Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.
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My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.
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I'm not happy unless I have a pen in my hand, it's really that simple.
