Anthony Horowitz Quotes
Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.
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What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive.
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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I am proud to be a member of the Congress of the United States.
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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'm just kind of fascinated by how we can deny that we are animals and what our impact on the other animals is like, and how quixotic we can be in trying to assess what we've done in trying to correct it.
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You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about.
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Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.
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The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.
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Inequalities of wealth lead to a dispersion in wealth for all.
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Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.
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Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
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You can't just get in a boat with someone and be great straight away. It takes a lot of time to get used to each other. You need to learn how the other person reacts to certain situations.
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I've always looked old for my age.
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I wear a lot of tight dresses, so I'm like, 'I need to do my sit-ups!'
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I don't know many better training grounds than being mayor of San Francisco - those were pretty intense years in terms of reporting and scrutiny.
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I arise today Through the strength of heaven: Light of sun Brilliance of moon Splendor of fire Speed of lightning Swiftness of wind Depth of sea Stability of earth Firmness of rock.
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Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does light?
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I am working again on my painting 'Moscow' 'Moscow I' ('Mockba I'), 1916. It is slowly taking shape in my imagination. And what was in the realm of wishing is now assuming real forms. What I have been lacking with this idea was depth and richness of sound, very earnest, complex, and easy at the same time.
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'Preacher' - what it's saying is not just blasphemy and good, fun violence. It's asking, 'Where is God?' If he is there, what's he doing?
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Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic.
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Churchill faced his own diminishing capabilities and increasing irrelevance by maintaining the sense that he was the only one who could solve whatever problem was before him. He was very often wrong, of course, but then he had spent so much of his life overcoming appalling mistakes, disasters, and rejections.
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No, this is not what a fair God would do. And why does it not say anywhere in the Bible that slavery is wrong? It only says that you should treat your slaves well. Well, I don't care if you treat them well. How is it possible that it is not immoral to own another person? Why isn't that one of the Ten Commandments? 'Thou shalt not own another person.' You want to sit here and tell me that fornication is worse than owning someone?
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Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.
