Margaret Mahy Quotes
I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I believe that all good writers are original.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.
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It's my job to have ups and downs because it makes good music.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I see myself as a story teller.
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After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
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Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.
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In Japan, people don't really sing about sexual content.
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These days, meals are more open to personal preferences. People like to serve themselves.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.
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When you play a character, there are choices you have to make about the past, the present, the future, etc. You have to make those choices on your own a lot.
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The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.
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I have a gruff character.
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I have sometimes played my best Davis Cup matches away from home when you stay in the moment a bit more. But it is tough when half the crowd are spitting on you.
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I've never been a very flashy person.
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The South: What is this place? What's different about it? Is it different anymore? Good questions. Old ones, too. People have been asking them for decades. Some of us even make our living by asking them, but we still don't agree about the answers.
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I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I believe that all good writers are original.
