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 know basic things about belly dancing, but not the technicalities; I want to learn it. I want to learn belly dancing.
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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 are a country of artisans and a country of manufacturing. I think Japanese textile technology is the best in the world.
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If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible.
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The saddest kind of sad is the sad that tries not to be sad. You know, when Sad tries to bite its lip and not cry and smile and go, 'No, I'm happy for you?' That's when it's really sad.
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Physics is, hopefully, simple. Physicists are not.
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Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.
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I'm not happy unless I have a pen in my hand, it's really that simple.
