Astrid Lindgren Quotes
I don't want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when they read.

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Don't try and make a movie for someone else. You have to make it for you and trust that you're not that unique. And that'll matter to other people as well.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.
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For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
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I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side you'd even try to attempt bending your thumb. Because of that, I'm a very good thumb wrestler.
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I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of 'Dawson's Creek.' I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, 'Did I really have to do all that studying?'
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Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
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I'm always singing and dancing and getting up in people's faces.
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Every time I touch the ball, I think I'm going to go all the way. I think I'm going to score a touchdown. I'm the runner I am because I think that I'm going to go all the way every single time I touch the ball.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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In the end, crime doesn't pay.
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I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
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I organize my denim, leather, and dresses by color, although my jeans are pretty much just black and gray.
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Many things in life inspire philanthropy, such as your faith in humanity and your belief in the human spirit to overcome.
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Acting has always been very comfortable for me, so it allows me to pay attention to other parts of the process literally while I'm acting.
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I have a lot of good role models in my family for things off the court - like my older sister, who's a lawyer. I don't like writing papers, but she's helped me a lot. It's nice to have an art and business background because they tie together perfectly.
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Children demand that their heroes should be fleckless, and easily believe them so.
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I don't want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when they read.