Gary Paulsen Quotes
My parents were brutal to each other, so I slept in the basement by an old coal-fired furnace. I became a street kid. Occasionally, I'd live with aunts or uncles, then I'd run away to live in the woods, trapping and hunting game to survive. The wilderness pulled at me; still does.
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In my opinion - in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches.
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You can't choose up sides on a round world.
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Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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Look, you need technical skills to run a company.
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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I wasn't ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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The interesting thing about blockchain is that it has made it possible for humanity to reach a consensus about a piece of data without having any authority to dictate it.
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next crew in the next cheap picture, because I was allowed to get away with murder.
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I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.
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Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.
Garry Kasparov
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You shouldn't kiss me like thisUnless you mean it like thatCause I'll just close my eyesAnd I won't know where I'm at.We'll get lost on this dance floor,Spinnin' aroundAnd aroundAnd aroundAnd around.
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As for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only one sees we call a dream.
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I believe that the world isn't always what we can see...I believe there are secrets in the woods. And I believe that goodness wins out...So, if someone's changed overnight - by witch curse or poison apple or were-turtle - you have to show them what's good. You show them love. That works a surprising amount of the time.
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No one should therefore fear that he cannot accomplish what others have accomplished, for, men are born, live, and die in quite the same way they always have.
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My parents were brutal to each other, so I slept in the basement by an old coal-fired furnace. I became a street kid. Occasionally, I'd live with aunts or uncles, then I'd run away to live in the woods, trapping and hunting game to survive. The wilderness pulled at me; still does.
