V. E. Schwab Quotes
As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away.
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I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.
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Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
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Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.
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Most presenters are consumed with preparing their content rapidly, which makes the material about their own narrow perspective.
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Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the way you want to live it. And you're not going to let nothing stop you.
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One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.
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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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My mum has lived in Australia for 22 years now, and we have a rocky relationship. But at the same time it's one I want to maintain. I need her to be my mum. The relationship took a lot of rebuilding.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
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Harold Lloyd was not a comedian. But he was the finest actor to play a comedian that I ever saw.
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I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.
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When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference.
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I'm really into 'Veep.' I think that the showrunner Armando Iannucci is a genius.
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I actually really love to work out. You need to find what you love.
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We really don't discover fully what 'Westworld' is for this first season, until we get there. The first 10 episodes are the journey. The colors become brighter, the vistas become clearer, and the history is more understood with each step we take along the way.
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I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
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Probably every new and eagerly expected garment ever put on since clothes came in, fell a trifle short of the wearer's expectation.
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As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away.
